Borneosicyos simplex

Primary tabs

Borneosicyos simplex

Description

Liana 6-12 m high, main stem to 10 mm diam., leafy stem terete, c. 2 mm diam., green, glabrous except for minute hairs on young parts. Leaves: Fruit at first green, darker flecked, ripening red, smooth, glabrous, narrowly ellipsoid, (4-)8-10 by (2-)4-4.5 cm, base rounded, apex acute, 2-3 mm beaked; Seeds 20-30, somewhat compressed globose, 9-10 by 8-9 by c. 4 mm, with a faint margin, smooth, edge entire.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present), Crocker Range, Kinabalu Park present, Langanan Waterfall present, Tenompok area present
Sabah: Crocker Range, Kinabalu Park (Tenompok area and Langanan Waterfall), but see note 2.

Taxonomy

The collection, Yii S 51389 with one open male flower only, from West Sarawak, Gn Merubong, possibly represents an undescribed species of Borneosicyos. It is distinct by a slightly stouter habit, and leaves with a rather deeply cordate base; its pollen is in tetrads as in B. simplex.

Citation

W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes 2007 – In: Fl. Males. Bull.: 35