Madagascar

Madagascar (mg)

Antsiranana Province

Diana, Antsiranana II, Anivorano, Irodo, ala fady ca S of village towards Irodo river estuary.

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P. Wilkin

J.A.Kennerley, F.Rakotonasolo,M. Hamido & M. Tsaratiana

1675

2015-2-8

20

12° 39' 6.012'' S ; 49° 31' 37.992'' E

-12.65167 ; 49.52722

Tuber not seen. Stem above ground LH, to 6 m, terete, unarmed, wiry, ca 2 mm diam., purple to brown or red-brown, lateral nodal organs concolorous, tough on main stems. Leaves in groups of up to 5 on short side shoots, pulvinii pale green, petioles pale green, some with purple markings, pulvinii paler; blades dark green above, paler below, with variable amount of white spotting (pathogen?). Infrs as stems (immature), capsules (immature) purple-hued, darker on margins with axis paler but most dry, brown and dehisced already.

Climbing on Pachypodium.29m.