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Durandea jenkinsii

Botanic Family

Linaceae

Author

(F. Mueller) Stapf

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Quamo (Papua New Guinea)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Fiji
• Maluku - Indonesia
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Is.

Natural Habitats

• Stream banks
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jan (Australia)
• Sep (Philippines)

Fruiting Times

Liana to 40m or scandent large rambling glabrous shrub with hooked climbing shoots to 85mm long, mainly glabrous leaves to 360mm x 110mmwith wavy margin. Axillary or terminal panicles to 320mm x 140mm of fragrant 10mm orange-yellow flowers with bracts to 5mm x 1mm and smaller bracteoles, sepals to 4mm x 4.5mm, petals to 9.5mm x 4mm, fruit a 15-ribbed drupe to 13mm x 10.5mm golden-yellow becoming red-brown

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• APNI
• JPS
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Flora Malesiana