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Sarcolobus retusus

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

K. Schumann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Caroline Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• New Caledonia
• Bismarck Archipelago
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Solomon Islands
• Timor-Leste

Natural Habitats

• Mangroves
• coastal bushland

Flowering Times

• Jan (Papua New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Glabrous twining herb with leaves to 40mm x 30mm. Extra-axillary few-flowered erect umbels of yellow-green flowers, calyx segments 2mm long, corolla 10mm diameter, lobes 6mm x 3mm. Fruit to 50mm long

Further References

• FNWNG
• Fedde
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Kew