Chilocarpus beccarianus explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre Plants of the World Online Kew Science. powo.science.kew.org. 15 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre — The Plant List. www.theplantlist.org. 15 September 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Chilocarpus beccarianus Flora Malesiana. portal.cybertaxonomy.org. 15 September 2017. en.