Crudia sparei
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Description
Climber.
Leaves 2- or 3-foliolate; petiole and rachis 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous.
Stipules intrapetiolar, c. 1.5 mm long, caducous.
Inflorescences terminal or axillary, pendulous or curved, up to 55 cm long, the rachis glabrous, rather loosely flowered; bracts oblong, c. 7 mm long, 3-lobed at the upper 2 mm; the central lobe longitudinally relobed with 4 parallel lobules; bracteoles at the base of the flower, minute, triangular, c. 0.5 mm long, persistent; pedicels very short, c. 1.5 mm, articulated at the apex.
Flowers easily falling off, sparsely puberulous (on the uncovered part of the calyx lobes) outside.
Stamens 10; filaments (observed from flower buds) c. 5 mm, glabrous; anthers 0.75 mm long.