Tube dimensions : 47-58mm long x 3-5mm in diameter. at the slightly bulbous base, narrowing-2-4mm wide above, then widening again-about 8mm wide at the rim
Sepal color upper :
Sepal color lower :
Sepal shape : narrowly lanceolate, the distalmost 2 to 3 mm free in bud, densely pubescent outside, glabrous inside
Sepal tips : spreading at anthesis
Sepal dimensions : 16-17mm long x about 4mm wide at the base
Stamens : stamens 8, the antesepalous ones 1213 mm long, the antepetalous ones 8 to 9 mm long
Filaments :
Anthers : about 4 long x 1.5mm wide, ovary cylindrical, about 7 long x 2mm in diameter
Pistil :
Style : sparsely pubescent and protruding from the floral tube
Stigma : capitate, slightly 4lobed at the apex, 2-2.5mm long x about 1.5mm wide
MISCELLANEOUS
Flower :
Flowers : to four per node, pendent in the uppermost leaf axils
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Flower bud :
Fruit : unripe berries oblong, densely pubescent, 8-12mm long x 3-6mm wide
Seed :
Habit : scandent shrub or liana to ten meters above ground, with long, flexuous-arcuate, mostly unbranched shoots to several meters long
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Remarks :
Named :
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Year (of first description) : 1999
Botanist : Berry P.E. & Hermsen
Authors : Berry & Hermsen 1999
Original publication : Novon 9: 4 1999 479-482
Habitat : only known in cloud forest in Cajamarca in northern Peru
Elevation : 2000-2500
Native country : Peru
Synonyms :
Gametic chromosome number n =
FOLIAGE
Leaves : in whorls of three or four, petioles stout, pubescent, 2 to 4 mm long, stipules narrowly lanceolate, 1.5 to 2 mm long
Foliage color upper side : green and sparsely pubescent, older leaves with trichomes persistent along the midvein and secondary veins
Foliage color lower side : paler and densely pubescent in young leaves, with erect trichomes about 0.25 mm long, older leaves with trichomes persistent along the midvein and secondary veins
Leaf dimensions : 3-6 X 1-3cm
Leaf shape : elliptic to obelliptic
Leaf margin : subentire to glandular-denticulate
Leaf tip : variable from rounded and mucronate to obtuse or acute
Leaf base : acute to obtuse
Pubescence :
Veins : secondary veins 13 to 15 on either side of the midvein, the midrib elevated on lower surface
Stems :
Branches : young growth densely puberulent, the branchlets with erect trichomes about 0.25 mm long, older branches with exfoliating brown to red-brown bark