Diplycosia heterophylla var. latifolia (Blume) Sleumer

Variety

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Characteristics

Differs by larger, ovate-to oblong-elliptic leaves, 8-14(-16, rarely up to 20) by (3-)3.5-8(-10, rarely up to 12) cm, which are often dark brown when dry, more coriaceous, variable also in shape.
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Environment

Reported from the Malay Peninsula to occur both epiphytic in dense jungle and terrestrial in open, swampy or peaty places, also as a woody climber on quartzite ridge, common locally in the Cameron Highlands. In Sumatra, Java, Banka, Borneo and the Philippines a treelet or shrub up to 6 m, or mostly an epiphyte in montane forest, especially in mossy forest, in Sumatra also terrestrial in ridge-forest and in ericoid ridge scrub. Rarely found between 700-1000 m (Java and Borneo), 1000-2500 m, sometimes, as in Sumatra, reaching 3315 m. Fl. Jan.-Dec.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Diplycosia heterophylla var. latifolia world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Iceland, Sri Lanka, and Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327871-1
WFO ID wfo-0000650772
COL ID 7VJ5S
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Synonyms

Diplycosia latifolia Gaultheria latifolia Diplycosia baciayanensis Diplycosia macrophylla Diplycosia endertii Diplycosia kerintjiensis Diplycosia heterophylla var. latifolia Diplycosia kerintjiensis var. elliptica