Neoachmandra leucocarpa

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Neoachmandra leucocarpa

Description

Annual or subperennial to c. 5 m long climber, widely branched, leafy stem 1-2 mm diam.; Leaves: Fruit 1 or 2, ripening pink-white, subglobose or ellipsoid, 1-2 by 0.8-1.5 cm, base subobtuse, apex (sub)obtuse, 1 mm beaked; Seeds 5-12 per fruit, elliptic, 6-7 by c. 4 mm, margin faint, without wing.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present), Central and southern Sumatra present
Central and southern Sumatra (3 collections), all over Java.

Citation

Cogn. 1916 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 66: 101
Backer 1964 – In: Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 297