Kedrostis monosperma
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Description
Climber 5-7 m long, glabrous (except ovary), cystoliths not obvious;
Leaves:
Fruit ripening glossy orange-red, drying glossy, (narrowly) ovoid, c. 1.5 by 1-1.2 cm, glabrescent;
Seeds 1 per fruit, (pale) brown, globose, c. 7 mm across, faintly low-margined, smooth.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Pahang present, Ulu Krau present
Peninsular Malaysia, Pahang, Ulu Krau, known from 2 collections.
Taxonomy
2 The older stem of the liana is c. 5 mm thick, and the bark has whitish corky patches.
1 Kedrostis monosperma is similar to K. bennettii, the latter with a wider distribution in western Malesia, but not known from peninsular Malaysia. In K. bennettii the disposition of the fruit is different, single or few subaxillary to leaves, the fruits are dull on drying, globose or transversely ellipsoid, 1- or 2-seeded, with a longer fruiting pedicel, 5-10 mm long; the male racemes are much longer, to 15 cm long with longer peduncle, 3-7 cm long; the petioles are generally longer, 2-6 cm long. As far as can be judged from the few female flowering collections of K. monosperma, the ovary is hairy, the perianth glabrous inside, in K. bennettii the ovary is (sub)glabrous and the perianth hairy in the throat.