Family: Apocynaceae
Plant: A woody climber with stems several metres long, adventitious roots along the stems and a watery sap.
Flowers: Pale yellow, tubular, with 5 spreading lobes and hairy 1cm across in dense panicles.
Flowering: Mainly November-January.
Fruit: Hanging slender pod-like capsules 10-20cm long with seeds covered in silky hairs.
Leaves: Dark green, oppositely arranged, lanceolate 4-24cm long and 2-8cm wide, tough and shiny above but dull below with conspicuous veins. The young leaves are lanceolate with a cordate base, 1-1.5cm long and purplish on their lower surface.
Habitat: Rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: A climber with watery sap. Adventitious roots along the stems. Opposite leaves.
Name:
Parsonsia After the English physician and botanist James Parsons
straminea From Latin = chaffy or straw-coloured
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Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster, |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval, Heart-shaped |
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Length |
Medium, Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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