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Aristolochia gaudichaudii

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Duchartre

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Maluku - Indonesia
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Primary or secondary forest
• coastal or swamp forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec (Malesia)

Twiner to 20m or creeper with striate glabrous branches. Glabrous leaves to 220mm x 180mm. Axillary or cauligerous spikes with glabrous bracts to 1.5mm long, flowers variable in colour from white, yellow, green with pinkish tinge, to brownish to dark red-brown, tube to 12mm x 2mm, 1-lipped limb to 20mm x 12mm. Glabrous capsule to 60mm x 30mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana