Balanophora lowii

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Balanophora lowii

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Description

Dioecious plant, yellow to red. Leaves 12-16, deep pink, opposite, decussate, gradually increasing in size upwards, the basal ones being small and bract-like, while the upper 2-3 pairs are ovate to almost orbicular, 2½-4¼ by 2½-4 cm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present), G. Berumput present, Mt Kinabalu present, Poi Range present

Malesia: Borneo (Mt Kinabalu; Sarawak: Poi Range, G. Berumput). .

Notes

Distinguished from B. papuana by its higher number of leaves and by the leaves being gradually increasing in size upwards on the stem, from B. elongata by its opposite leaves.

Citation

HANSEN 1972: p. 127. – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: f. 31, 32

EICHL. 1873 – In: DC., Prod. 17: 148