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Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.

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(Cav.) Sendtn.
Cav.
Sendtn.
1845
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Cyphomandra betacea

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betacea

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Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.

Large shrub or small tree with pale bark, to c. 3 m high, with short glandular hairs, especially on young parts. Petiole to c. 10 cm long, sometimes to c. 25 cm on large juvenile lvs. Lamina mostly 8-20 × 5-11 cm but larger on some young plants, ovate-oblong to broad-ovate, densely clothed in short glandular hairs to glabrous beneath, entire, foetid, purple-tinged when young; base deeply cordate; apex acute to shortly acuminate. Cymes with up to 15, ± pendent fls. Calyx 4-5 mm long; teeth shallow. Corolla 1.3-1.6 cm long, pale pink, darker in bud; lobes narrow-lanceolate or narrow-triangular, much > tube, densely ciliolate. Stamens included; anthers opening by pores. Stigma small. Fr. (4)-5-7 cm long, ovoid or broad-ovoid, pendulous, edible; skin and pulp usually dark red, rarely yellow.

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Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.

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Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendtn.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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1 January 2000
22 March 2016
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