Alyxia halmaheirae
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Description
Climber.
Bark grey.
Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous to sparsely and minutely puberulent, sometimes glabrescent.
Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, never all opposite on a branch;
Inflorescence axillary or terminal, a simple unbranched pleiochasium or with few internodes and unbranched side branches, delicate, sparsely to densely puberulent all over, 1-2.2 cm long;
Sepals ovate, occasionally with sepals irregularly fused giving the appearance of fewer sepals, 1.2-1.8 by 0.8-1.1 mm, 1.4-1.6 times as long as wide, apex acute or acuminate, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent, sometimes only on centre line.
Stamens inserted at 2.4-3.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.56-0.61 of tube length;
Ovaries 0.7-0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over;
Fruit orange, turning black when mature, stalks 2.3-3.2 mm long, with 1 article, glabrous, articles with thin flesh, 9.3-14.5 by 7-10 mm, ellipsoid, globose or cylindrical, rounded at apex.
Seeds 7.5-9.3 by 6.1-6.4 by 5.3-5.4 mm.