Urceodiscus arfakensis

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Urceodiscus arfakensis

Description

Climber to 3 m long, leafy stem 1-1.5 mm diam., plant sparsely stiff-hairy (hairs less than 0.5 mm long), green on drying. Leaves: Male and female flowers not known. Fruit ripening scarlet, ellipsoid, 2-3 by 1.5-2 cm; Seeds numerous, whitish or pale brown, ovoid, 4.5-5.5 by 3-3.5 by 2 mm, margin narrow.

Distribution

Arfak Mountains present, Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, West Papua present
New Guinea (West Papua, Vogelkop (Arfak Mountains)); known only from the type.