Dischidia nummularia R.Br.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs glabrous except for flowers. Stems slender, twining to 1.5 m; internodes longer than leaves. Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade orbicular, 7-10 mm in diam.; lateral veins obsolete. Pseudumbels subsessile. Sepals ovate. Corolla white or yellowish white; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 1 × 0.5 mm, thickened at middle. Corona lobes anchor-shaped, shorter than gynostegium, stalked, apex 2-cleft, widely divergent, lateral arms oblong, pendulous. Apical membrane of anthers ovate-triangular; pollinia oblong. Stigma head discoid, mucronate at apex. Follicles lanceolate, ca. 4 cm × 5 mm. Fl. Mar-Jun, fr. Jun-Sep.
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Vine. Leaves with petiole 2–3 mm long; lamina orbicular, 7–14 mm long, 7–10 mm wide, rounded or shortly cuneate at base, rounded with minute apiculum at apex, mealy-white; colleters 2. Inflorescence simple. Flowers 3–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide; pedicels 4.5–5 mm long. Corolla broadly urceolate, white; lobes ovate, 2–2.5 mm long, 0.75–1 mm wide. Corolline corona absent. Staminal corona lobes stalked with spathulate apices. Follicles 2.5–4 cm long.
A herb. The stems are slender and twining and 1.5 m. The leaves are round and 7-10 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 2.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.5
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Grows as an epiphyte in rainforest, forest or woodland communities and swamps.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Wound (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified)
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Dischidia nummularia world distribution map, present in Australia and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96997-1
WFO ID wfo-0000651716
COL ID 36SH5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 670993
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Collyris minor Dischidia actephila Dischidia aemula Dischidia copelandii Dischidia glabra Dischidia horsfieldiana Dischidia rhombifolia Dischidia ridleyana Dischidia beiningiana Dischidia decipiens Dischidia dirhiza Dischidia gaudichaudii Dischidia microphylla Dischidia minor Dischidia nummularia Dischidia orbicularis Dischidia schumanniana Dischidia sepikana Dischidia nummularia var. gracilis Dischidia nummularia var. minor Dischidia nummularia var. orbicularis Dischidia nummularia var. rhombifolia Leptostemma truncatum