Aristolochia praevenosa F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia

Characteristics

Robust vine; stems to 12 m long; young branches ferruginous puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves: petiole 0.8–3.9 cm long; lamina ovate or oblong-elliptic to elliptic-obovate, (4.5–) 6.5–23 (–27) cm long, (1.4–) 2.5–11.6 cm wide, ± glabrous above, pubescent mainly on veins below; base subcordate to cordate or slightly oblique; apex bluntly acuminate. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed. Calyx cream with rich purplish brown stripes and spots, ferruginous puberulent outside; utricle 10–12 mm long; tube 15–20 mm long; lobes spreading, triangular, 5–9 mm long, dark maroon on revolute margin, mustard yellow inside; apex obtuse. Fruit subglobose to obloid, 1.8–4 cm long, 1.8–2 cm diam. Seed heart-shaped to triangular, 6–6.5 mm long, 6–6.5 mm diam., c. 1 mm thick, flat on both surfaces, verrucose.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Grows in notophyll vine forest, now rare due to clearing of lowland riverine and littoral closed forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 29
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Aristolochia praevenosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:93247-1
WFO ID wfo-0000548224
COL ID GQ75
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Synonyms

Aristolochia praevenosa Pararistolochia praevenosa