盤龍木

植物簡介

It is a climber or shrub with climbing branches. Leaves are narrowly elliptic to ovate (4 – 20 cm long and 1.5 - 8 cm wide), distichously arranged and usually asymmetric. Leaves have acuminate apex acuminate and rounded to subcordate base. Upper surface is minutely covered in white hairs on the lower part of mid rib, while the underside of the leaves is hairy on the entire mid rib. Secondary veins form loops inside the leave margin. Stipule is covered sparely in white hairs and may fall off early. Male flowers occur in solitary or in pairs or up to 6 on a spike (about 0.5 - 5 cm long). It comprises of anthers (about 0.8 mm long), stamens (about 2.5 mm long) and hairy ovate bracts (0.5 – 1 mm long) that are basally attached. Female flowers are borne in solitary globular heads (0.3 – 0.5 cm diameter) or in racemes. There are usually 2 - 4 fertile flowers per head. It comprises of ovary (1 mm long), style (1 – 2 mm long), protruding stigma (0.5 – 1.5 cm long) and hairy ovate bracts that are basally attached Fruit is ellipsoid (about 0.6 – 0.8 cm long) and turn dark pink to red at maturity.