Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
ArgyreiacrispaOoststr., Blumea 7 (1952) 172.
Description
Habit:
Stems twining, densely pilose with short, subpatent hairs as are the petioles and the inflorescences. Branches terete or subangular towards the apex.
Leaves:
Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, 8-13 by 4-8 cm, subcordate at the base, acute or obtusish at the apex, glabrous above, pilose beneath, mainly on the nerves; midrib flat above or slightly impressed prominent beneath, 5-7 nerves on either side prominulous beneath, minor nervation indistinct petiole 2-6 cm, terete at the base, more or less flattened towards the apex.
Inflorescences:
Fruiting peduncles 8-22 cm long, terete, corymbosely branched at the apex. Pedicels 3-5 mm. Bracts caducous.
Flowers:
Fruiting sepals unequal; three outer ones ovate, obtuse, ca 10 mm long, pilose outside, glabrous inside with strongly crisped margins; two inner sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse, ca 8-9 mm long, flat or slightly concave, outside pilose in the middle portion, and with broad glabrous margins.
Fruits:
Fruit ellipsoid, 12- 14 mm long, purplish-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:
Sumatra.
Ecology:
Edges of, and in, first growth jungle,
1000–1200 m.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
Esmond Er
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