Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Combretum trifoliatum Vent.
Family
Ventenat, E.P. (1803) Choix de Plantes : t. 58. Type: Arbrisseau sarmenteux, decouvert a Java par M. La Haye; croissant dans les lieux eleves, et fleurissant durant toute la belle saison.
Stem
Vine stem diameters to 4 cm recorded.
Leaves
Leaf blades about 8.5-16 x 4-6.5 cm, petioles about 0.3-0.5 cm long. Domatia, if present, are tufts of hairs. Leaves opposite on plagiotropic shoots but whorled on orthotropic shoots. Young shoots and vegetative buds clothed in dark brown hairs.
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in CYP. Known only from the Weipa area. Altitudinal range quite small, from near sea level to about 40 m. Grows in gallery forest. Also found in SE Asia and Malesia.
RFK Code
2117
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