Tiliacora australiana Forman

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Tiliacora

Characteristics

Stems to 5 cm diam. Leaves: petiole 1.5–3 cm long, usually partly rugulose, puberulous to subglabrous; lamina lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 5–11.5 cm long, 2–6.5 cm wide, slightly puberulous on lower surface when young, glabrescent. Inflorescences 2.5–14 cm long, adpressed-puberulous; cymes (sometimes 1-flowered) on branches 3–10 mm long, the flowers sessile. Male flowers: sepals c. 12, yellow, glabrous, lateral margins minutely ciliolate, the innermost sepals broadly elliptic and 3–3.5 mm long; petals 2–2.5 mm long, glabrous; stamens 2–3 mm long. Female flowers: carpels narrowly ovoid, 1.5 mm long, borne on a very shortly-lobed columnar gynophore 1–2 mm long; style short, acute. Drupes 10 mm long, colour not known, glabrous.
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Climbing in trees and scrambling over rocks in sandstone area in the Northern Territory in rainforest and monsoon forest in Queensland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Tiliacora australiana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:901153-1
WFO ID wfo-0000456606
COL ID 56WWJ
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Synonyms

Tiliacora australiana