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Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman

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(Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
DC.
Cheeseman
1925
577
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Tetrapathaea tetrandra

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tetrandra

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Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman

Dioec. soft-wooded glab. liane, up to c. 10 m. tall; branches terete, flexible; branchlets very slender. Tendrils very slender, ± curled, up to ± 10 cm. long, rarely bearing a fl. Lvs alt., on petioles up to 2 cm. long; lamina ovate- to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 5-10 × 2-3 cm., entire, coriac., dark green and glossy above, paler below; margins ± undulate. Fls solitary, or in 2-4-fld cymes, ebracteate. Sepals and petals yellowish green, ovate-oblong, about equal, reflexed; coronal filaments yellowish. ♂ with long, diverging staminal filaments; ♀ with 3-locular, stipitate ovary, us. with staminodes; styles 2-3. Fr. subglobose, orange, 25-30 cm. long; seeds wrinkled, aril reddish, cop.

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Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman

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Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Tetrapathaea tetrandra (Banks ex DC.) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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c2509a2a-4395-4b08-a5b6-f0ba6975d113
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24 June 2002
26 June 2007
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