Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
ArgyreiacelebicaOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 377.
Description
Habit:
Stems twining, 15-25 m high; branches terete, greyish brown, glabrous.
Leaves:
Leaves oblong-lanceolate to narrowly ovate-oblong, 7-14 by 3-5½ cm; rounded or shortly attenuate at the base; gradually attenuate towards the acutish apex, glabrous on both sides; midrib prominent beneath, nerves 6- 7 on either side prominent beneath, curved; minor nervation indistinct; petiole 1½-4½ cm, glabrous.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles straight or slightly curved, 2½- 9 cm, glabrous, with 2-4, sometimes with more fruits at the apex. Fruiting pedicels up to 10 mm long, slightly angular or sulcate, thickened and often curved towards the apex.
Flowers:
Sepals below the fruit broadly ovate-triangular or semi-orbicular, equal, ca 3-4 mm long, appressed-pilose outside, the reddish margins of sepals 3 and 4 excepted.
Fruits:
Fruits often nodding, ellipsoid, up, to 1¼ cm long (mature?), red; seed 1, ellipsoid.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Celebes.
Ecology:
In primary forests and in
clearings, 500- 1000 m.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Other information
Common names and uses:
Kunit, pahanap, Manado.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
Esmond Er
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