Chilocarpus beccarianus
| Chilocarpus beccarianus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Chilocarpus |
| Species: | C. beccarianus
|
| Binomial name | |
| Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre
| |
Chilocarpus beccarianus is a plant in the genus Chilocarpus, in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Borneo.[1] It is an accepted species, first described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre and originally published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 101 (1898).[2]
It is a large woody climber which grows up to 15 metres tall. Its branchlets are glabrous, rarely puberulent. Its leaves are described as: "Inflorescence terminal and axillary in uppermost leaf axils (sometimes these uppermost leaves greatly reduced in size), forming a terminal panicle mostly longer than subtending leaves, occasionally shorter, 3.2-13.7 cm long, lax, puberulent to completely glabrous except occasionally for a few hairs on bracts; Stamens inserted at 2-3.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.3-0.4 of tube length." It has fusiform fruit with slight constrictions, measuring 5.5-10.5 by 1.5-2.7 cm. Its seeds are large.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Chilocarpus beccarianus | Flora Malesiana". portal.cybertaxonomy.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
 | This Apocynaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |