Alyxia graciliflora

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Alyxia graciliflora

Description

Climber. Bark brown. Branchlets weakly or strongly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulent. Leaves in whorls of 3; Inflorescence axillary, a compound pleiochasium with clear internodes or with 1 or 2 internodes and unbranched side branches, delicate, sparsely to densely puberulent, 1-2.9 cm long; Sepals ovate, 1-1.2 by 0.4-0.8 mm, 1.5-2.5 times as long as wide, apex acute, ciliate, glabrous to densely puberulent. Stamens inserted at 1.6-1.9 mm from corolla base which is 0.51-0.57 of tube length; Ovaries c. 0.8 mm high, densely pubescent all over; Fruit stalks c. 1.8 mm long, with 1 article, glabrous, articles fleshy, 15-16.2 by 6.9-8.2 mm, ellipsoid, symmetrical, apex rounded.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea.