Clematis pickeringii (PROSEA)
Introduction |
Clematis pickeringii A. Gray
- Protologue: U.S. Expl. Exped., Bot. 1: 1 (1854).
Synonyms
Clematis aristata auct. non R.Br. ex Edw., Clematis glycinoides auct. non DC.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: hubuk, lelukawinga (Sumba).
Distribution
Eastern Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, the Moluccas (Buru, Seram), south-eastern New Guinea, northern Australia, New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands.
Uses
In Sumba leaves and roots are chewed by small children as an anodyne when teething.
Observations
A liana up to 5 m long, stems uniformly many-ribbed; leaves usually ternate, leaflets ovate or ovate-elliptical, 5-8.5(-15) cm × (3-)3.5-6.5(-8.5) cm, base rounded or somewhat cordate, apex usually cuspidate, usually entire, typically somewhat fleshy coriaceous; inflorescence a terminal or axillary panicle with opposite branches and flowers; male flowers with tepals oblong-lanceolate, (6.5-)7.5-9(-11) mm × 1.5-2.5 mm, and 35-55 stamens of very different length, female flowers with tepals oblong to lanceolate, erect or spreading, 7-14 mm × 1.5-3 mm, 8-16 staminodes and 18-35 carpels; nutlets oblong to ovoid-fusiform, 5.5-7 mm long, densely hairy, with 2 longitudinal furrows on each side, plumose tail 4-6 cm long. C. pickeringii occurs in secondary forest and forest fringes, as well as savanna and mountain forest, from sea-level up to 1300 m altitude.
Selected sources
62, 226, 438.
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Authors
J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg