Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia adpressa (Choisy) Boerl., Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 513. 1899; Ooststr., Blumea 5: 367. 1943; Hoogland, Blumea 7: 182. 1952; Ooststr. & Hoogland, Fl. Males. I, 4: 501. 1953.
Synonyms:
Moorcroftia adpressa Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 431. 1834.
Lettsomia adpressa (Choisy) Miq., Fl. Ned.Ind. 2: 591. 1857.
Description
Habit:
Woody climber.
Leaves:
Leaves on stem ovate, 13.8–20.5 by 8.5–14 cm, blades near inflorescences elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 4–13 by 2–8 cm, base rounded or obtuse, rarely subcordate, apex obtuse, subacute, to shortly acuminate, mucronulate, upper side sparsely strigillose to appressed pilose, underside densely so; lateral veins 9–11 per side; petiole 1.5–9 cm.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescence dense, cymose; peduncle 2.5–11 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, caducous; pedicels 2–3 mm.
Flowers:
Flower sepals unequal, 2 outer linear-lanceolate, 10–12 mm, acute, hirsute outside, 3 inner lanceolate, 5.5–10 mm, hirsute medially, margins glabrous; corolla campanulate, 2–3 cm long, limb subentire, white, tube inside reddish, outside midpetaline bands golden hirsute, otherwise glabrous; stamens included, 22–24 mm, filament bases glabrous; pistil included, 22–25 mm, ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Pollen:
Spinulose
Fruits:
Berry ellipsoid, 11–16 by 7–12 mm, red-purple to blackish, fruiting sepals spreading, contorted.
Seeds:
Seeds 6–7 mm long, blackish.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution Map:
Distribution:
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra).
Ecology:
Clearings
in dense primary evergreen forest; 150–950 m elev.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
P. Traiperm
Classification:
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