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Hypserpa polyandra

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Beccari

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Northern Territory
• Queensland - Australia
• East Timor
• Caroline Islands - Federated States of Micronesia
• Lesser Sunda Islands Maluku
• SE. Sulawesi
• W. Sumatra - Indonesia
• E. New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

Natural Habitats

• Mangrove swamps
• rain forest
• secondary vegetation
• riverside
• lakeside

Flowering Times

• Mar-Nov (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (Malesia)

Climbing shrub or woody liana to 40m with glabrescent or tomentose branchlets, glabrous leaves to 170mm x 110mm. yellowish-green 3mm flowers in pseudo-panicles to 110mm x 50mm with 2-5 outer sepals to 1mm long, inner 4-7 sepals to 3mm dia., white or red berry 8mm x 6mm

Medicinal uses for bark

Further References

• Flora Malesiana
• The Plant List 2
• JAA