Amyema quaternifolia Barlow

Barlow, B.A. (1966) Australian Journal Botany 14: 482. Type: Queensland, 1.6 km S of Daintree; 11 Oct. 1964; I.B. Staples s.n.; Holo: BRI; Iso: AD, ADW, BRIU,CANB, NSW, NT.

Aerial stem-parasitic shrub. Epicortical runners present.

Leaves borne in whorls of four. Leaf blades thick and fleshy, brittle, breaking along a straight line when bent back on themselves. Leaf blades about 5-8.5 x 2.5-3.5 cm, petioles about 0.5-1.5 cm long.

Flowers borne in simple umbels of 2-4 flowers. Pedicels about 2-5 mm long. Primary peduncle about 4-9 mm long. Calyx entire, about 3-4 mm long. Flower buds longitudinally ribbed. Corolla about 30-40 mm long, mainly red but yellow at the apex. Anthers about 3-4 mm long, staminal filaments about 3-5 mm long. Ovary about 3.5-4 mm long. Style about 30 mm long, stigma depressed globular.

Fruits about 9-12 x 6-7 mm. Seeds surrounded by gelatinous mucilage. Endosperm white, quite firm. Embryo green, about 2-2.5 x 0.7 mm. Cotyledons about 1.5 mm long, appressed, discrete.

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Endemic to NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1100 m. Usually parasitic on rain forest plants, occasionally on cultivated trees.