Pachygone ovata
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Description
Woody climber up to 15 m or more high.
Branchlets puberulous to pubescent with yellowish hairs, later glabrescent.
Leaves:
Inflorescences axillary, solitary or 2-3 arising together, pseudo-racemose with flowers often in small clusters of about 3-5 along main axis, 4-17 cm long, yellowish tomentose to pubescent.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Ceylon present, Christmas I present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Mangoli present, N. Borneo present, NE. Australia present, S. Celebes present, Sula Is present, Timor present
Ceylon, India, through Malesia to NE. Australia; in Malesia: N. Borneo, Java (incl. Christmas I.), Lesser Sunda Is. (Timor), S. Celebes, Moluccas (Sula Is.: Mangoli), New Guinea.
Notes
DIELS maintained as distinct 4 of the species listed above, viz. P. ovata, P. pubescens, P. leptostachya and P. hebephylla.
It appears that there is, in fact, only one species of Pachygone in Malesia with a variable leaf shape, becoming broader eastwards, and with considerable variation in the degree of hairiness on the leaves. The inflorescence, floral and fruit characters are rather constant.
It appears that there is, in fact, only one species of Pachygone in Malesia with a variable leaf shape, becoming broader eastwards, and with considerable variation in the degree of hairiness on the leaves. The inflorescence, floral and fruit characters are rather constant.
Citation
BACK. & BAKH.f. 1963 – In: Fl. Java: 159
HOOK.f. & TH. 1968: p. 374. – In: Kew Bull.: with a full synonymy.
Diels 1910: p. 243. – In: Pfl. R.: f. 80
Koord. 1912 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: 235
VALETON 1907 – In: Bull. Dép. Agr. Ind. Nèerl.: 12
DC. 1817 – In: Syst.: 537
MIERS 1867 – In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.: 321
DECNE 1834 – In: Ann. Nouv. Mus. Paris: 424
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 333
Diels 1910 – In: Nova Guinea: 283
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 244
BECC. 1887 – In: Malesia: 158
Miq. 1858 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 86
HOOK.f. & TH. 1872 – In: Fl. Br. India: 105
YAMAMOTO 1944 – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agric.: 103
BACK. 1911: Schoolfl.: 45
WINKLER 1913 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 369
MIERS 1871: p. 331. – In: Contr. Bot.: t. 135
Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 245
DC. 1824 – In: Prod.: 99
DECNE 1834 – In: Ann. Nouv. Mus. Paris: 424
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 334
YAMAMOTO 1944 – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agric.: 103
DC. 1824 – In: Prod.: 99
FORMAN 1958 – In: Kew Bull.: 457
BOERL. 1899 – In: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 43
K. SCH. & LAUT. 1901: Fl. Deut. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 315
SPAN. 1841 – In: Linnaea: 163
Miq. 1868 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 87
Benth. 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 245
MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 335
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 250
SPAN. 1841 – In: Linnaea: 163
POIR. 1824 – In: Prod.: 102