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Selysia bidentata

Botanic Family
Cucurbitaceae
Author
R.J. Hampshire

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Monoecious scandent vine or epiphyte with sparsely pilose to villous stems & bifid tendrils. 3-lobed leaves to 190mm x 185mm glabroate to sparsely tomentose above & tomentose beneath,. 1-2 staminate flowers in leaf axila with 5 lobed calyx, triangular lobes to 6mm, white corolla with lobes to 13mm pubescent outside tomentose inside. 1-2 pistillate flowers in leaf axils, calyx lobes to 2mm corolla lobes to 6mm in bu,. green-cream flowers to 13mm. Orange-red pubescent fruit to 24mm diameter

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