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Pyrenacantha kirkii Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Icacinales > Icacinaceae > Pyrenacantha

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina 5–12 × 2–6 cm., papery, narrowly to broadly elliptic or rhombic, ± bluntly acuminate, margin subentire, subundulate or irregularly sublobulate towards the apex, ± narrowly rounded at the base, upper surface glabrous and glossy, lower surface sparsely appressed-hispid; venation penninerved, midrib prominent on both surfaces; petiole 0·5–1 cm. long, ± flexuous, hispid.
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Male racemes c. 9 cm. long on peduncles c. 1 cm. long; flowers numerous, rather loose, on pedicels 0·5–1 mm. long, with bracteoles on the rhachis.
Female spikes c. 1 cm. long, on peduncles c. 2·5 cm. long, with fewer sessile flowers, with bracteoles on the rhachis.
Fruits 2–5 together per inflorescence, bright orange at maturity.
Inflorescences supra-axillary.
Twining climber, stems hairy.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:608282-1
WFO ID wfo-0000476470
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Synonyms

Pyrenacantha kirkii Cavanilla kirkii
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