Melodinus cochinchinensis

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Description

Climber to 28 m high. Branchlets glabrous, puberulent around nodes or, rarely, puberulent all over when young. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, often with all permutations on a single branch; Inflorescence axillary and terminal forming a panicle, 3-15 cm long; Sepals ovate, 1.5-3 by 1.4-2.5 mm, 1-1.6 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded, puberulent or glabrous, ciliate. Stamens inserted at 2.4-6 mm from base which is 0.4-0.6 of tube length; Ovary 0.9-1.4 mm long; Fruit globose to ellipsoid or ovoid, 3.5-10 by 2.7-5.4 cm. Seeds 11-17 by 7-11 by 2-4 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present

China, Burma, Thailand, LaosVietnam; in Malesia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Notes

This is a very variable species which requires more research.

Citation

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 418

Markgr. 1971 – In: Blumea: 152

Spire 1906: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine: 122

Spire 1906: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine: 114

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1111

D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 16

Spire 1906 – In: Caoutchouc Indo-Chine

Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 426

I.M. Turner 1997 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 47: 128

Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 330

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1102

Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 427

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 418

P.T. Li et al. 1995 – In: Fl. China: 149

King & Gamble 1907 – In: J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal: 411

Leeuwenb. 2003 – In: Syst. Geogr. Pl.: 21

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 418

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 413

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1111

Kerr 1939 – In: Craib, Fl. Siam. 2: 426

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 418

Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1110

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 413

Lý 1986 – In: Feddes Repert.: 418