生活型

twiner

形態特徵

• Glabrous twiners, stems smooth, rarely muricate.
• Leaves orbicular-ovate, 5–16 cm long, 5–14 cm wide, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate; petiole 3.5–16 cm long.
• Cymes 1-few-flowered, peduncle 0.7–12 cm; pedicel 1.5–3 cm long, thickened and clavate in fruit; sepals orbicular, apex rounded, emarginate to mucronulate, subequal, 18–25 mm long, coriaceous, enlarged in fruit; corolla white, with greenish bands, salverform, 9–12 cm long, tube cylindrical, limb 8–10 cm broad; stamens and style included; ovary glabrous.
• Capsules globose, 2 cm long; seeds black, densely short tomentose, 1 cm long.

分布

• 台灣 : in the south near the seashore.
• 世界 : Tropical coastal areas worldwide.

引證標本

KAOHSIUNG: Tungsha, C. K. Liao 406. PINGTUNG: Kenting, C. E. Chang 6699; Staples et al. 1086.

參考文獻

• STAPLES, George William and YANG, Sheng-Zehn, Flora of Taiwan, second edition 4: 371. 1998.  (Fl. Taiwan 2nd edit.)