Pottsia laxiflora Kuntze

Species

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Characteristics

Climber to 25 m high. Branches shortly tomentose to glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1-3.5 cm long; blade papery to subcoriaceous, ovate to elliptic, 3.3-14 by 1.3-8 cm, 1.5-2.6 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, base rounded to cordate, usually puberulent in secondary vein axils beneath and often on midrib above and beneath, 4-7 pairs of secondary veins, ascending, not reaching margin, tertiary venation subscalariform and reticulate. Inflorescence 10-30 cm long; peduncle 0.4-10.5 cm long, glabrous to tomentose; pedicels 5-10 mm long, glabrous to tomentose. Sepals ovate, 0.7-1.6 by 0.7-1.1 mm, 1-1.5 times as long as wide, apex acute to acuminate, puberulent to glabrous, ciliate. Corolla pink; tube 3.5-7 by 1.6-2.4 mm, 0.8-2 times as long as lobes, 3-4.2 times as long as calyx, glabrous or, rarely, with 5 small pubescent patches at top of tube outside, inside pubescent on and below the filaments; lobes 2-5.5 by 1.5-2.7 mm, 1.3-2 times as long as wide, ovate, apex acute, glabrous outside and inside. Stamen filaments 0.7-1.5 mm long; anthers 2-2.7 by 0.7-1 mm. Disk of 5 narrow lobes fused together at the base, acuminate at the apex and clasped around and longer than the ovary, 1.5-2 mm long. Ovaries 0.6-1.1 mm long, pubescent; style and style head 4.5-6.6 mm long, style inflated for most of its length, narrower at base and top. Fruit 26-39 cm by 2.3-3 mm; often somewhat spiral. Seeds 16-23.5 by 2-2.7 mm; coma 2.6-3.3 cm long.
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Lianas to 10 m. Branches and branchlets slender, pubescent or glabrous. Petiole 1.5-4 cm; leaf blade ovate, narrowly ovate, or elliptic, 6-12 X 3-7 cm, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, pubescent or glabrous on both surfaces; lateral veins 4-6 pairs. Cymes to 25 cm, long pedunculate, many flowered. Corolla purple or rose, ca. 7 mm; tube glabrous, longer than lobes; lobes narrowly ovate, ca. 2 mm, spreading. Ovary pilose. Style thickened at middle. Follicles linear, to 55 cm X 3-5 mm, pubescent to gla-brous. Seeds linear, ca. 2 cm, coma 2.5-3 cm. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Aug-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 25.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Uses material medicinal poison
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Distribution

Pottsia laxiflora world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81319-1
WFO ID wfo-0000281492
COL ID 4M73Z
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Synonyms

Parapottsia hookeriana Parapottsia laxiflora Parsonsia ovata Pottsia hookeriana Pottsia inodora Pottsia laxiflora Pottsia ovata Vallaris laxiflora Pottsia pubescens Pottsia cantonensis Teysmannia hookeriana Euthodon paniculata Pottsia laxiflora var. pubescens Teysmannia laxiflora Pottsia laxiflora var. laxiflora