Eureiandra leucantha C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Eureiandra

Characteristics

Male flowers numerous in nodal contracted or elongated racemiform fascicles on leafless stems, all parts puberulous; bracts small, linear; pedicels 1·0–3·4 cm. long. Receptacle-tube 6–8·5 mm. long, lobes lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, acute, ± acuminate, 8–13 × 1·5–3·2 mm. Petals pure white, obovate, rounded, apiculate, 3·2–4·7 × 1·8–2·8 cm. Anther-thecae glabrous.
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Stems at first light green, herbaceous, soon softly ligneous, with smooth greyish or brownish papyraceous bark.
Fruits and seeds unknown.
Female flowers unknown.
Scandent perennial.
Leaves unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality dioecy
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Distribution

Eureiandra leucantha world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000682852
COL ID 3CZ8G
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Synonyms

Eureiandra leucantha