Flabellaria paniculata Cav.

A tall climber up to 15 m. in length; stems up to 10 cm. or slightly more in diameter, lenticellate, younger ones with a ± dense grey or yellowish silky indumentum.. Leaf-lamina broadly elliptic, ovate, ovate-subcircular, or rarely lanceolate, 5–15 × 4–10 cm., obtuse, subacute or apiculate, rounded or subcordate at the base, subcoriaceous, upper surface usually glabrous, lower surface appressed silky-tomentose; lateral nerves 4–6 pairs; petiole 1–2.5 cm. long, canaliculate, tomentose.. Inflorescences up to 20 cm. long, ± lax; bracts oblanceolate, 3–7 mm. long, deciduous or ± persistent; bracteoles very small, elliptic, ± persistent; pedicels up to 5 mm. long.. Flowers ± 1 cm. in diameter.. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 5–6.5 mm. long, usually reflexed, tomentose outside.. Petals oblanceolate, up to 7 mm. long, entire, glabrous, rounded at the apex.. Anthers elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 1.25–1.75 mm. long; filaments 2–3 mm. long, glabrous.. Styles 3–4 mm. long.. Samara 3–4 cm. in diameter, usually green.. Fig. 7.