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Melodinus acutiflorus

(Melodinus acutiflorus)

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Description

Woody climber with twining stems,sometimes tall,branchlets glabrous.Leaves oblong-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic,4?10 cm long,10?35 mm wide,apex bluntly acute or acuminate,margins sometimes undulate,glabrous;petiole 4?8 mm long.Flowers mostly 5?13 on each axillary peduncle.Calyx lobes ovate,ciliate,1?1.5 mm long.Corolla orange-yellow or white;lobes broad,2?3 mm long,obtuse;scales sometimes present at throat.Berry ovoid to ellipsoid,mostly 4?5 cm long,1.5?3 cm diam.,orange to red.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Gentianales
Family:Apocynaceae
Genus:Melodinus
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