Coscinium blumeanum
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Description
Large liana.
Branchlets terete, obscurely ridged or smooth, pale fawn to brownish at first, later glabrescent and whitish, bearing prominent disciform petiole-scars.
Leaves:
Inflorescences:
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya present, Pangkor I present, Penang present, Peninsular Thailand present
Peninsular Thailand; in Malesia: Malaya (Penang and Pangkor I.).
Notes
This distinctive species has a restricted distribution. The name C. blumeanum has often been wrongly applied to specimens of the more widely distributed C. fenestratum, thus resulting in a long-standing confusion between the two species.
There is no indication in the available field-notes that the wood is yellow as in C. fenestratum.
Mature fruits have apparently never been collected. It would be most interesting to know how they compared with those of the other species.
There is no indication in the available field-notes that the wood is yellow as in C. fenestratum.
Mature fruits have apparently never been collected. It would be most interesting to know how they compared with those of the other species.
Citation
MIERS 1872 – In: HOOK.ƒ& TH. Fl. Br. India: 99
MIERS 1855 – In: Contr. Bot.: 179
King 1889 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 381
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 106
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 77
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 23
FORMAN 1978 – In: Kew Bull.: 328
Diels 1910: p. 113. – In: Pfl. R.: f. 41A-G