Gomphostemma curtisii
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Description
Coarse perennial herb, 60-150 cm.
Leaves herbaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, or cordate, 8-12 by 3-7 cm, acute, base very shortly cuneate;
Flowers many in lax, axillary, branched cymes at the lower part of the stem.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula.
Notes
The records from Borneo in my precursor are referred now to G. parviflorum.
Specimens from the Gajo Lands (N. Sumatra) collected by DE WILDE (12358, 12844, 13483, 13615) deviate in having orange flowers and narrow, fusiform-swollen tuberous roots. Also in other species the colour of the corolla is variable.
Specimens from the Gajo Lands (N. Sumatra) collected by DE WILDE (12358, 12844, 13483, 13615) deviate in having orange flowers and narrow, fusiform-swollen tuberous roots. Also in other species the colour of the corolla is variable.