Prestonia exserta (A.Dc.) Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Prestonia

Characteristics

teoles linear, ca. 2.5-3.5 mm long, pubescent; calyx-lobes narowly ovate, 6-7 mm long, bearing a squamella within; corolla salverform, green-yellow, ? gla-brous externally, with 5 epistaminal appendages, the tube ca. 15 mm long, pubescent within near the level of stamen attachment, the lobes obliquely ob-ovate, ca. 10-11 mm long; stamens half exserted, the anthers ca. 5 mm long; nectaries 5, connate basally, fleshy, as high as the ovary. Follicles "relatively long and slender, somewhat agglutinated when young, eventually somewhat tor-tuous, 23-29 cm. long, glabrous; seeds 1.2-1.3 cm. long, the pale yellowish coma 2.2-2.7 cm. long."
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Vines, mostly herbaceous, the younger stems pubescent, the hairs uniseriate. Leaves elliptic or narrowly elliptic to obovate, acute, obtuse to shallowly rounded basally, to 10 cm long and 4.5 cm wide, pubescent, more so beneath, membra-naceous; petioles 3-11 mm long, weakly perfoliate, glandular in the axils. In-florescences corymbose, many-flowered, axillary and alternate, the peduncle 1-2 cm long, pubescent. Flowers with the pedicels 10-15 mm long, pubescent; brac-
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Distribution

Prestonia exserta world distribution map, present in Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210096-2
WFO ID wfo-0000283046
COL ID 4MBG5
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Synonyms

Prestonia fendleri Prestonia tobagensis Prestonia velutina Prestonia gracilis Haemadictyon exsertum Prestonia exserta