Stemona lucida (R.Br.) Duyfjes

Species

Angiosperms > Pandanales > Stemonaceae > Stemona

Characteristics

Slender, glabrous twiner, up to 7 m. Roots tuberous. Leaves alternate; blade variable in shape, ovate, lanceolate, hastate, or linear, 4-14 by 0.5-9 cm, with deeply cordate, truncate or narrowed base, nerves 3-11; petiole 1-3 cm long. Inflorescence 3-many-flowered; peduncle 1-9 cm long, not fused with the petiole; bracts 2-5 mm long, rather membranous. Flowers: pedicel 0.3-0.5 cm long; tepals dark purple, 8-14 by 2-3.5 mm. Stamens 8-12 mm long; anthers c. 3 mm long, ridge separating the thecae smooth; appendix of thecae 1.5-4 mm long, fused at the tips. Fruit 8-20 by 7-12 mm, c. 0.6 mm beaked, 2-9-seeded. Seeds elongate, rounded at the apex, 10 by 4 mm, surrounded at the base by a vesicular aril, c. 4 mm long.
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Stems twining, to several m long. Leaves ovate to triangular, cordate, hastate to truncate at base, acute to acuminate; lamina 4–16 cm long, 2–9 cm wide, 7–9-veined, thin to coriaceous; petiole 3–5 cm long. Flowers in 1–5-flowered cymes to 13 cm long, cymes often umbel-like, rarely with rachis elongate; peduncle 1–10 cm long; pedicels 6–22 cm long. Perianth segments narrowly ovate, acute to shortly acuminate, 10–15 mm long, dark purplish red. Stamens 10–12 mm long; anthers 2–5 mm long, with appendages 2.5–3.5 mm long. Capsule acute to acuminate, 14–16 mm long. Seeds 6–8, 5–6 mm long; appendages c. 3 mm long.
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Grows in open forest, gallery forest or at rainforest margins.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Stemona lucida world distribution map, present in Australia, Cook Islands, France, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:963156-1
WFO ID wfo-0000739847
COL ID 6ZJZG
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Synonyms

Dioscorea lucida Stemona philippinensis Stemona lucida