Beaumontia murtonii Craib

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Beaumontia

Characteristics

Leaves: petiole 1-2.5(-3) cm long; blade papery, elliptic or obovate, 9-29 by (3.5-) 4.5-14.2(-15) cm, 1.4-2.3 times as long as wide, apex acuminate or apiculate, base obtuse to cuneate, tomentose when young, becoming almost glabrous. Inflorescence lax, 11-19.5 cm long, 3-15-flowered; peduncle 2-6(-9) cm long; pedicels 3-5 cm long. Sepals leafy, ovate, 2.4-4 by 1.1-2.7 cm, 1-3 times as long as wide, apex acuminate or apiculate. Corolla white or yellowish; tube 4-6.5 cm long, lower part of tube (10-)15-17.5 mm long; lobes 1.8-5.6 cm long, apex acute or acuminate; tomentose outside and on lobes and upper corolla tube inside, otherwise glabrous. Stamens inserted at 1.8-2.5 cm from corolla base; filaments 2-3.5 cm long, glabrous; anthers 10.7-15 by 2-3 mm, sagittate base 2-3.5 mm long. Disk glabrous or very sparsely pubescent. Ovaries densely pubescent, 1.4-2.5 mm long; style and style head 3.6-5 cm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Fruit 18 by 5 cm, ellipsoid, obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, glabrous. Seeds 11-20 by 4-5 mm; sparsely pubescent or glabrous; obtuse at both ends; coma 3-8 cm long.
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Lianas evergreen, woody, to 20 cm. Branchlets pale gray or dark brown, sparsely to densely rusty pubescent when young, glabrous when older. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade obovate, narrowly obovate, or broadly elliptic, 10-30 X 3.5-15 cm, glabrous to pubescent abaxially; lateral veins 11-18 pairs. Cymes 12-20 cm, 6-12-flowered, pubescent; peduncle 3-9 cm. Pedicel 3-5 cm. Sepals pale green, elliptic, 2.7-4.5 cm, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces. Corolla white, broadly campanulate; tube 4-6.5 cm, cylindric proximally, glabrous inside; limb ca. 5 5 cm, abruptly constricted at base; lobes ovate or tongue-shaped, 1.9-3 cm, apex acute. Stamens yellow or orange; filaments 1.5-2.5 cm. Ovary pubescent. Style to 4 cm, pubescent. Follicles oblong, 14-18 X 3-5 cm. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm, coma 3-8 cm. Fl. spring-summer.
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.03
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Images

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Distribution

Beaumontia murtonii world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77548-1
WFO ID wfo-0000321804
COL ID L5LZ
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Synonyms

Beaumontia murtonii Beaumontia fragrans