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Connarus conchocarpus ssp. schumannianus

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

(Gilg) Leenhouts

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Shell Vine
• Conch Vine

Geographical Habitats

• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Rainforest

Flowering Times

• Apr-Oct (Papua New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Oct (Papua New Guinea)

Large liana, scandent shrub or small tree with 1-3 foliolate leaves, leaflets to 170mm x 80mm. Pubescent inflorescence to 400mm long, with minute bracts, sepals to 3mm x 1mm tomentose ourside, pubescent inside, punctate, tomentose or pubescent petals to 7mm long, curved flattened fruit to 35mm x 25mm, striate, verruculose and pubescent

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana