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Diploclisia glaucescens (Blume) Diels

Species

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Characteristics

Woody climber recorded up to 30 m long, totally glabrous. Stem up to 5 cm ø, finely striate when young. Leaves usually not peltate with petioles 5-12 cm long; lamina broadly ovate to suborbicular, apex rounded to acute, base rounded to cordate, 6-11 by 6-11 cm; fine reticulation more obvious on the sometimes glaucous lower surface, margin sometimes broadly and shallowly crenate, chartaceous. Inflorescences cauliflorous, up to 52 cm long and 7 cm wide. Male flowers pale yellow with pedicels 2-4 mm long; sepals 6, strongly marked (in sicco) by a dark brown reticulum, outer 3 elliptic, 2.5 mm long, inner 3 broadly elliptic, 2.5 mm long; petals 6, ovate-rhombic, 1 mm long, apex acute or emargi nate; stamens 6, 2 mm long, anthers dehiscing with a transverse slit. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male flowers; staminodes 6, filamentose; carpels 2 mm long. Drupe yellow to orange; endocarp elongate, ± narrowly obovate in outline, slightly curved, 14-20 mm long, 8-11 mm broad, dorsally ornamented with many transverse ridges, lacking a median dorsal ridge.
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Large woody vines, to 20 m or longer. Stems up to 10 cm in diam.; branches and leaves rather similar to Diploclisia affinis, except axillary bud only 1. Petiole usually much longer than lamina; leaf blade not peltate to conspicuously peltate, glaucescent abaxially, leathery. Inflorescences cauliflorous, on old leafless stems, panicles, usually several to many fascicled, ± pendulous, 10-30 cm or longer; flowers light yellow, slightly fragrant. Male flowers: sepals 2-2.5 mm, marked by a dark reticulum, outer whorl elliptic, inner whorl broadly elliptic or broadly elliptic-obovate; petals obovate or rhombic, 1-1.5 mm, apex mucronate or emarginate; stamens ca. 2 mm. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male flowers except petals 2-lobed at apex; staminodes filamentous; carpels 1.5-2 mm. Drupes yellowish red, narrowly oblong-obovate, 1.3-2(-3) cm, base curved. Fl. Apr, fr. Aug.
A climber.
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

In forests, up to 600 m. Fl. Feb., June, Oct.; ƒr. ?.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Gonorrhea (leaf), Syphilis (leaf), Vomiting (leaf), Antifungal agents (stem), Bilious (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified)
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Images

Diploclisia glaucescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Diploclisia glaucescens world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Guinea, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:580755-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650164
COL ID 36JXW
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Synonyms

Cebatha macrocarpa Cocculus glaucescens Cocculus macrocarpus Menispermum glaucescens Diploclisia glaucescens Diploclisia inclyta Diploclisia lepida Diploclisia macrocarpa Diploclisia pictinervis

Lower taxons

Diploclisia glaucescens var. kunstleri
WorldFloraDB 2024