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1. Pentastelma auritum Tsiang & P. T. Li in Chun et al., Fl. Hainan. 3: 577. 1974.

白水藤 bai shui teng

Lianas to 4 m tall, glabrous except for petioles. Petiole 1-2 cm, puberulent; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 6-13 × 1.5-3.5 cm, base cordate, apex long acuminate; lateral veins 6-9 pairs. Cymes 3-5-flowered; peduncle and pedicel slender. Sepals triangular, glands 5. Corolla reddish; lobes lanceolate, ca. 7 × 2.5 mm. Corona lobes shorter than anthers. Pollinia long ovate. Stigma head shorter than anther appendages. Fl. Dec.

* Moist valleys; 300-600 m. Hainan (Boating).


 

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