Aristolochia transtillifera
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Description
Twiner.
Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate-oblong, oblong-elliptic, rarely ovate, 16-20 by 6.5-10 cm;
Flowers unknown.
Capsules cylindric, 3-3.5 by 1.2 cm, obtuse at both ends, glabrous, smooth (but finely verrucose under a hand lens);
Seeds triangular, 5 by 4-4.5 mm, subcordate at the base, not winged, finely verrucose on both surfaces, funicle with a thin expanded appendage covering the upper surface of the seed.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present), Beaufort Distr present
Malesia: Borneo (Sabah: Beaufort Distr.). Once collected.
Notes
Though the species is as yet only known in fruit, it stands out by the glabrous, subcoriaceous leaves with obtuse to sometimes slightly concave base and clearly trabeculate venation with close reticulations.
It may be related to A. foveolata and A. papillifolia, but differs by these leaf characters.
It may be related to A. foveolata and A. papillifolia, but differs by these leaf characters.