Tinospora sumatrana

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Tinospora sumatrana

Description

Woody climber, entirely glabrous. Leaves:

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Billiton I present, Lampong Distr present, S. Sumatra present
Malesia: S. Sumatra (Lampong Distr.), Billiton I.; 2 coll.

Notes

This species is very closely related to T. macrocarpa from Malaya, with which it shares its major distinctive features. The inner and outer sepals, however, are subequal in T. sumatrana, and on this basis the two species are regarded as distinct.
T. sumatrana var. hanadae YAMAMOTO, J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 16 (1944) 94. The type (Sarawak, Kuching, HANADA B015) has not been traced: the status of this varietal name based on a sterile specimen must remain uncertain.

Citation

Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 144
BECC. 1901 – In: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 118
BOERL. 1899 – In: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 36
SCHEFF. 1873 – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: 398
FORMAN 1981 – In: Kew Bull.: 411, 421