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Family: Sapindaceae
[Serjania microcephala Radlk.] |
Tendriled liana; stems 6-ribbed, brown-hirtellous especially on ribs. Leaves biternate, mostly to 15 cm long; rachis narrowly winged; leaflets ovate to rhomboid, obtuse to acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, coarsely and obtusely toothed above middle, softly pubescent (especially below and on raised midrib above), the terminal leaflet mostly 5-9.5 cm long, 2.5-6 cm broad, the lateral leaflets smaller. Thyrses in racemes 5-15 cm long and borne in axils and on tendrils, or in terminal racemose panicles; inflorescence branches softly short-pubescent; flowers white, ca 3 mm long; sepals ovate, short-tomentose; petals narrowly obovate, borne atop large greenish glands, spreading broadly at anthesis, the scales of the anterior petals with the margin villous and turned inward, the appendage short, villous, the crest broader than long, bifid, recurved toward outside; staminal cluster spreading, leaning away from axis, otherwise typical; filaments sparsely villous, all +/- recurved at apex; ovary glabrous. Fruits cordate-ovate, 1.7-2.2 cm long, the cells sparsely to densely (when young) villous, the wing +/- glabrous or subvillous, often reddish at maturity. Wetmore & Woodworth 83. Descripción: Plantas trepadoras o lianas con el tronco formado por seis surcos longitudinales. Ramitas surcadas y con savia lechosa, también con zarcillos saliendo de los nudos. Hojas bipinnadas y alternas, con 9 folíolos opuestos. Folíolos de 2-8 x 2-5 cm, ovados a romboides, con ápice obtuso o acuminado, bordes dentados a partir de la parte media o cerca del ápice, base decurrente. Los folíolos son pubescentes en ambas superficies. Pecíolo sin alas. Raquis alado. Inflorescencias axilares o terminales. Flores blancas. Frutos alados, de 1-2 cm de largo y de ancho. Especies Parecidas: A menudo se confunde con otras especies de Serjania, pero en S. rhombea los folíolos son ovados a romboides y se encuentran cubiertos de pelos por ambas superficies. |