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Dichapetalum papuanum

Botanic Family

Dichapetalaceae

Author

(Beccari) Boerlage

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Queensland - Australia
• Maluku - Indonesia
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Is.

Natural Habitats

• Primary and secondary rainforest

Flowering Times

• Sep-Jan (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Mar (Malesia)

Dioecious climbing shrub to 10m or treelet with purple-brown branchlets, glabrescent leaves to 170mm x 65mm. Inflorescence to 25mm long with male flowers to 1mm and female to 2mm long, 1,2 or 3-lobed warty fruit 17.5mm x 17.5mm with a few scattered hairs

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana