Desmos dumosus Saff.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Desmos

Characteristics

Climbers to 4 m tall, woody. Branches densely hairy when young. Petiole 5-10 mm; leaf blade obovate-elliptic to oblong, 5-16 × 2-7 cm, membranous to thinly papery, abaxially densely erect hairy, secondary veins 9-15 on each side of midvein, base shallowly cordate to truncate, apex shortly acuminate to acute. Inflorescences extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, 1-flowered. Pedicel 1-3 cm. Flowers pendulous. Sepals ovate to lanceolate, 4-11 × 2.5-6.5 mm. Outer petals ovate to obovate, 4-6.5 × 1.5-3.5 cm; inner petals ovate to lanceolate, 3-4(-6.5) × 0.5-0.8(-2) cm. Stamen connectives apically truncate to rounded. Carpels many; stigmas clavate, apex 2-cleft. Fruiting pedicel 2-4 cm; monocarp stipes 4-7 mm; monocarps ellipsoid or moniliform, 0.8-5.5 × 0.5-0.8 cm, sparsely to densely hairy. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jul-Apr.
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A climbing plant. It grows 4 m long. It is woody. The young branches are hairy. The leaves are oval and 5-16 cm and 2-7 cm wide. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are opposite the leaves and the flower hangs down.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses construction food medicinal
Edible stems
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Desmos dumosus world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72781-1
WFO ID wfo-0000642365
COL ID 3544Z
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Synonyms

Oxymitra monilifera Unona dumosa Unona subbiglandulosa Dasymaschalon moniliferum Desmos subbiglandulosus Desmos dumosus