Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Gynochthodes podistra (Halford & A.J.Ford) Razafim. & B.Bremer
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Family
Razafimandimbison, S.G. & Bremer, B. (2011) Adansonia 33(2): 294.
Stem
Twining vine to 4 m high, rare a scandent shrub. Stem and main branches slender, more or less smooth to longitudinally striated, 3-6 mm diameter. Branchlets terete, scabrid, moderately dense to densely hairy, glabrescent.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Natural History & Notes
Differs from Morinda umbellata by its mature leaves that have a longer drawn out acuminate apex and antrorse hairs that are present on the branchlets, peduncles and abaxial leaf surface.
Synonyms
Morinda podistra Halford & A.J.Ford , Austrobaileya 6(4): 895 (2004). Type: Queensland. Cook District: Daintree River National Park, Black Mountain area, Daintree River headwaters, 25 May 1998, P.I. Forster PIF22959, R. Jago, R. Jensen & R. Booth.
RFK Code
2693
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