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Family: Malpighiaceae
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Hiptage Gaertn.
Collector/Expedition: Hayes, Benjamin; Olsen, Kristin,
Collection number: 100
Collection date: 23rd March 1997
Country/Territory: Vietnam:Bắc Kạn
Collecting locality: Viet Nam:Bac Kan:Cho Ra region, Ba Be National Park
Habitat: Lakeside, on limestone rock.
Description: Liana. Brown stem, slightly rough, fleshy centre, no smell, regular internodes 4 cm apart. Leaves midgreen, paler underside, smooth, elliptic, hairless, no sap or smell. Flowers: simple cymes, flowerstem has small white hairs, 5 sepals, light green, fleshy, 5 petals alternative with sepals, 4 petals fold over, 1 large petal lies flat, has yellow ragged edge, very strong sweet smell. Many small black ants live under folded petals. 10 white pistils with yellow head, 9 inferior, 1 same size as pistil, 1 light green pistil.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00826997
Herbarium region: 6B (Indo-China)
Number of sheets: 1
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