Alyxia linearis Markgr.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Alyxia

Characteristics

Delicate climbers or scramblers. Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves opposite, coriaceous; petiole 0.2-0.3 cm long, glabrous; blade linear or very narrowly elliptic, 1.9-5.8 by 0.2-0.45 cm, 10.7-20 times as long as wide, apex rounded, base obtuse, margin not undulate, glabrous beneath and above. Flowers solitary. Sepals ovate, c. 1.2 by 0.8 mm, 1.5 times as long as wide, apex obtuse, ciliate, glabrous. Corolla unknown. Fruit with 1 article, stalks c. 2 mm long; articles 6-7 by 5.2-5.7 mm, globose, yellow, glabrous. Seeds c. 4.4 by 3.2 by 3.3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Alyxia linearis world distribution map, present in Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76707-1
WFO ID wfo-0000955147
COL ID CD28
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Synonyms

Alyxia rosmarinifolia Alyxia linearis