Chilocarpus beccarianus

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Chilocarpus beccarianus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Chilocarpus
Species:
C. beccarianus
Binomial name
Chilocarpus beccarianus
Pierre

Chilocarpus beccarianus is a plant in the genus Chilocarpus , in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Borneo. [1] It is an accepted species, first described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre and originally published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris, n.s., 1: 101 (1898). [2]

It is a large woody climber which grows up to 15 metres tall. Its branchlets are glabrous, rarely puberulent. Its leaves are described as: "Inflorescence terminal and axillary in uppermost leaf axils (sometimes these uppermost leaves greatly reduced in size), forming a terminal panicle mostly longer than subtending leaves, occasionally shorter, 3.2-13.7 cm long, lax, puberulent to completely glabrous except occasionally for a few hairs on bracts; Stamens inserted at 2-3.1 mm from corolla base which is 0.3-0.4 of tube length." It has fusiform fruit with slight constrictions, measuring 5.5-10.5 by 1.5-2.7 cm. Its seeds are large. [3]

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References

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  2. "Chilocarpus beccarianus Pierre — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. "Chilocarpus beccarianus | Flora Malesiana". portal.cybertaxonomy.org. Retrieved 15 September 2017.