Neoachmandra scaberrima
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Description
Annual or subperennial 1-3 m long climber;
Leaves:
Fruit solitary (or 2), ripening yellow, (narrowly) ellipsoid, 3-3.5 by 1.5-2 cm, base shortly acute or subobtuse, apex acute or up to 0.5 cm beaked;
Seeds numerous, 4-5 by 2.5-3.5 mm, margin faint, at base with a short wing.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Benguet present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Rizal present
Philippines: Luzon (Benguet, Rizal); one deviating collection from Mindanao (see note).
Taxonomy
Two deviating specimens are: Ramos BS 14608, the only collection from Mindanao, and Loher 2136, from Central Luzon. Ramos BS 14608 deviates in having broader triangular or 3-5-lobed leaves, and Loher 2136 in having narrow, hastate leaves with the veins only shortly scabrous hairy, short female pedicels, only 5-10 mm long, and smaller fruits, only c. 2 cm long. The latter is likely a local variety, or both may belong to the specimens discussed under N. nesophila (see there).