Illigera parviflora Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Hernandiaceae > Illigera

Characteristics

Lianas. Stem angulate. Branchlets puberulent. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 4-8 cm, glabrous; leaflets: petiolules 1.2-2.5 cm, glabrous; blade elliptic-oblong to elliptic, 7-14 × 3-7 cm, papery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 5-or 6-paired, conspicuous on both surfaces, veinlets conspicuous abaxially only, base broadly cuneate, oblique on both sides, apex acuminate or long acuminate. Cymose panicles axillary, 10-20 cm, densely gray-brown puberulent. Flowers green-white, without bracts; buds globose, 2-3 mm in diam. Outer tepals green, elliptic-oblong, 3.5-5 × 1.5-2 mm, sparsely pubescent. Inner tepals white, similar to outer ones, 3-4 × ca. 1 mm, abaxially pubescent. Stamens 6-7 mm; filaments curved around anthers in bud, ± filiform, 4.5-6 mm, puberulent; appendages inconspicuous, clavate, obovate-oblong, 0.3-0.6 mm. Ovary constricted at apex, densely gray-brown puberulent; style 3.5-4 mm, gray villous; stigma dilated, cristate. Interstaminal glands small, 3-lobed. Fruit 7-9 cm in diam., 4-winged; large wings 2-3 cm wide, smaller ones ca. 0.5 cm wide. Fl. May-Oct, fr. Nov-Dec.
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Leaves: petiole 8-9 cm; petiolules 1.5-2 cm, glabrous or with some hairs; leaflets chartaceous, ovate or lanceolate, 7-11 by 3.5-6.5 cm, acumen c. 0.5 cm long, base cuneate or rounded; drying brownish, upper surface dull, glabrous, lower surface with short hairs on midrib, lateral nerves c. 4 pairs, at angles of 30-45° with midrib. Thyrses densely pubescent. Flower buds globose, 2-3 mm diam.; stamens in bud inwardly coiled. Perianth in anthesis white; tepals unequal, acute, with short hairs towards the tips, outer tepals ovate 3.2-4 by c. 2.2 mm, 3-5-nerved, inner ones lanceolate, 3-3.2 by c. 1 mm, at base narrow, c. 0.4 mm wide, 3-nerved. Filaments ± filiform, 4.5-6 mm long, at base c. 0.5 mm wide, protruding; staminal appendages very inconspicuous, clavate, including stipe 0.3-0.6 mm long; interstaminal glands present, small. Fruits unequally 4-winged, nut 2-3 cm long; longer wings more or less hemi-orbicular, c. 2 cm long, shorter ones c. 0.5 cm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.09
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Illigera parviflora world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:430844-1
WFO ID wfo-0001065353
COL ID 6N6L8
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Synonyms

Illigera parviflora