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Cardiopteris moluccana Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Cardiopteridaceae > Cardiopteris

Characteristics

Climber; stems twining, to 9 m long. Leaves ovate to cordate, sometimes hastate, acuminate; lamina to 24 cm long and 22 cm wide, entire, chartaceous; petiole 3-12 cm long. Inflorescence 3-or more-branched, many-flowered, glandular-puberulous to glabrous. Flowers small; calyx c. 2 mm long; corolla 2.5-3.5 mm long, white. Fruit cordate to obovate-elliptic, c. 3 cm long including persistent style; wings glossy, straw-coloured or yellow.
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A climber or vine. The stems are twining and 9 m long. The stem can be 12 cm across. The stems have a milky sap. The leaves are oval or heart shaped. The leaf blade is 6-17 cm long by 5-17 cm wide. The flowering shoot is branched and there are many small flowers. The flowers are 3 mm across. They are white. The fruit are oval and 3 cm long. The fruit have 2 wings.
Leaves ovate-cordate, entire, acutely acuminate, base ± deeply cordate, firmly chartaceous, edge often slightly recurved in dry specimens, up to 24 by 22 cm. Panicles generally 3-or more-forked, cincinni rather rich-flowered, flowers usually close together. Otherwise as C. quinqueloba.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Environment

Climber in tall rain-forest or forest edge, also in secondary vegetation and in native gardens, generally in the lowland, ascending to 1460 m in New Guinea, scattered.
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It is a tropical plant. In Queensland it grows from sea level to 700 m above sea level. It grows in rainforest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses. A decoction of the stem is used against hepatitis in Ternate. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
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The leaves are cooked as a vegetable.
Uses environmental use food medicinal
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Therapeutic use Hepatitis (unspecified)
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Distribution

Cardiopteris moluccana world distribution map, present in Australia, Iceland, Kenya, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, and Russian Federation

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607660-1
WFO ID wfo-0000802629
COL ID 4F3TL
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Synonyms

Aspidocarya kelidophylla Peripterygium moluccanum Cardiopteris moluccana Cardiopteris lobata var. moluccana Cardiopteris rumphii var. blumeana Cardiopteris rumphii var. intermedia
WorldFloraDB 2024