WorldFloraDB - Uvaria gracilipes

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina 5–7.2 x 1.5–2.5 cm., ovate-lanceolate to elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute at the apex, cuneate to rounded but not decurrent at the base, very sparsely stellate-pubescent below or almost glabrous when mature, with nerves often dark above; petiole 1–3 mm. long.

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Shrublet, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves cuneate to rounded at base; petiole 1-3 mm long. Flowering pedicels ± 22-30 mm long, slender, not thickened upwards, sparsely pubescent. Flowers yellow.

Flowers extra-axillary; pedicels c. 2.2–3 cm. long, slender, not thickened upwards (except in fruit), ± sparsely fawn-pubescent; bracteoles eventually caducous.

Closely related to U. caffra, but differs in the following characters:

Fruiting carpels 1–4-seeded, blackish-purple when dried.

Petals yellow, 6–10 mm. long.

Seeds oblique, clustered.

Stamens c. 1.5 mm. long.

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Growth form	shrub
Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	deciduous
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:75716-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000416384
COL ID	7F74X
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Synonyms

Uvaria gracilipes

WorldFloraDB 2024

Uvaria gracilipes N.Robson

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Uvaria