Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Ripogonum discolor F.Muell.
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Leaves and fruit. © Australian Plant Image Index (APII). Photographer: M. Fagg.
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
Family
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1869) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 7: 78. Type: New South Wales, Clarence River, H. Beckler; holo: MEL.
Common name
Prickly Supplejack; Supplejack, Prickly
Stem
A slender vine not exceeding a stem diameter of 2 cm.
Leaves
Leaf blades about 17-19 x 7-7.5 cm, petioles about 1.2-1.5 cm long. Leaves usually five-veined. Stems longitudinally grooved.
Flowers
Flowers about 12-13 mm diam. Sepal-like bracts about 2 mm long subtend each flower. Tepals three + three in two whorls. Tepals about 6 mm long, margins fimbriate. Stamens six, anthers about 5 mm long, apex two-lobed, filaments about 2 mm long. Ovary glabrous. Style + stigma about 2 mm long, stigma trilobed.
Fruit
Features not available.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
RFK Code
2614
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