Leea krukoffiana Ridsdale

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Leea

Characteristics

Small tree up to 3 m. Leaves unequally 3-4-pinnate, leaflets numerous. Petiole 35 cm; stipules not seen, assumed to be a narrow wing, scar 20 cm long; rachis 55 cm. Leaflets ovate to ovate-oblong (4-) 8-14 by (2-)3-5 cm, glabrous, chartaceous; pearl glands globular, sparse; margin sinuately toothed; apex acuminate; base obtuse to acute, sometimes unequal; nerves 4-9 pairs; petiolules 2-5 mm. Inflorescences multibranched, up to 10 cm long, lax, pubescent; bracts small, deltoid up to 2 mm long; peduncle 1 cm, main branches compact, ultimate branches short. Flowers 5-merous, pink. Calyx glabrous, 4 by 4 mm, lobes 1½ by 2-2½ mm. Corolla tube + staminodial lobes 6½-7½ mm; corolla lobes 5-6 by 2 mm. Staminodial tube 5½ mm long; upper free part 3½ mm, lobes shallowly retuse, sinuses shallow; upper part 2 mm. Filaments 3 mm, anthers 2½ mm. Ovary 6-celled, style 3 mm. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Shaded forest gully, 1200 m.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Leea krukoffiana world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea and Sudan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:469503-1
WFO ID wfo-0001145783
COL ID 6P5YN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Leea krukoffiana