Papuechites aambe (Warb.) Markgr.

Flora of Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
8847 Apocynaceae
Papuechites aambe (Warb.) Markgrf.
Morobe province, flood plain of the Markham River,
elev. <20 m, typical riverine stand on silt/mud/alluvium;
inundated during periodic storm surges; lat. 6 deg. 41'
S x long. 146 deg. 53' 30” E.
woody climber; scandent, glutinous latex;
conspicuous in the canopy if flowering otherwise
easily overlooked; twigs strigulose; leaves opposite,
distichous, exstipulate, fleshy-coriaceous, blades
elliptic or oblong-ovate, typically 12x6 cm; adaxially
medium glossy green, glabrous, veins yellow;
abaxially yellow green to glaucescent, puberulent on
the veins; inflorescence narrow, typical 15x6 cm; the
flowers in multiple terminal panicles; perianth 5-
merous; cafyx pink, laxly hairy; corolla imbricate, red at
the base and apically pink, limb turned to the right, 1
cm diameter, throat encircled by a fleshy disk; stamens
epipetalous, erect, surrounding the stigma, laciniate at
the top of the filaments.
collection:	W. Takeuchi 8847
data entry:	ibid
det.	ibid
date:	March 11, 1993
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