Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Secamone timorensis Decne.
Family
Decaisne, J. (1844) Prodromus 8: 502. Type: Timor, Riedle; iso: P.
Stem
A slender vine not exceeding a stem diameter of 2 cm.
Leaves
Twigs and petioles produce a milky exudate. Leaf blades about 5-10 x 2-5.5 cm, petioles about 1-2 cm long. Colleters (small finger-like glands) visible on the upper surface of the midrib near its junction with the petiole. Twigs, petioles and the underside of the leaf blades clothed in brown or rusty brown hairs.
Flowers
Young inflorescence clothed in short ferruginous hairs. Flowers about 7-10 mm diam. on pedicels about 1.5-2 mm long. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, about 2-3 mm long. Corolla lobes reflexed, about 4.6-6 x 2 mm. Staminal corona about 1.5x 1.5 mm. Fide Forster (1996).
Fruit
Features not available.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
RFK Code
2591
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