Gomphogyne peekelii

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Gomphogyne peekelii

Description

Climber 1-4 m long; Leaves: Fruit 1 or 2, ripening green, 5-5.5 cm long, with (6-)9 rib-like veins, sharply raised, in-between with coarse reticulate venation, base tapered, at apex c. 1.5 cm wide, apical horns 2-3 mm long, somewhat out-curved; Seeds c. 12(?), pale, compressed, elliptic, c. 6-7 by 3.5 mm, very finely tubercled, margin absent, edge entire, with a corky wing all around the seed, 2-4 mm broad.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, East New Britain present, Gazelle Peninsula present, New Ireland present, Papua New Guinea present, Seram present, Vogelkop present, West Papua present
Moluccas (Seram), New Guinea (West Papua (Vogelkop), Papua New Guinea (East New Britain (Gazelle Peninsula), New Ireland)).

Ecology

; fruiting in May.