Passiflora hollrungii

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Passiflora hollrungii

Description

Climber to c. 10 m, sparsely to densely greyish pubescent. Leaves spirally arranged, herbaceous, hairy especially on and near the nerves beneath, broadly ovate to elliptic (-oblong), entire, top acute or up to 1 cm acuminate, up to 2 mm mucronate, base cordate to rounded, up to 2 mm peltate, 5-14 by 3-9½ cm, 3(-5)-plinerved, the nerves arching towards the apex, larger veins often ± trabeculate; Stipules linear, c. ½ mm. Inflorescences sessile, 1-2-flowered, either with a tendril or not; Flowers (sub)glabrous; Sepals lanceolate, subacute to obtuse, ± hairy at the top, 4-5 by ½-¾ (-1) cm. Petals lanceolate, acute, 3½-4½ cm by 4-6 mm, membranous, glabrous. Ovary 2 mm stalked, densely pubescent, obovate-ellip-soid(-oblong), 5-7 by 3-4 mm; Fruit subglobose to ellipsoid, sometimes ± fusiform, excluding stipe 2½-3½ by 2-2½ cm; Seeds c. 100-200, obovate-oblong, 2-2½ by 1-1¼ by ⅔ mm, 3-5 pits per ø;

Distribution

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

Notes

In a single leaf I have found one minute petiolar gland at 2 mm below the blade.

Citation

HARMS 1893 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 581
JERMY & SAYERS 1967 – In: J. R. Hort. Soc.: 121
K. SCH. & HOLLR. 1889: Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 82
K. SCH. & LAUT. 1901: Fl. Schutzgeb.: 456
HARMS 1925 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 21: 501