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Poortmannia speciosa

Botanic Family
Solanaceae
Author
Drake

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Geographical Habitats

Natural Habitats

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Fruiting Times

Epiphytic herb, liana or shrub with axillary inflorescences to 700mm long, aromatic fruit ripening white, flower lobes reddish-violet, tube pale green, corolla white, calyx reddish. Shrub or liana or epiphyte with lilac flowers, stems densely hirsute. Coriaceous leaves to 10mm x 100mm, densely hirsute. Densely pubescent terminal inflorescence of 1 flower, calyx tube 20mm long with pubescent triangular lobes to 50mm, greenish-brown or purplish corolla with tube to 50mm long & sparsely pubescent lobes to 20mm long

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