| Description | Requires moist conditions - Rekha Morris; Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v. 13: pt. 4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Stem scandent, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves variable, nearly symmetrical, broadly ovate, 4-12 cm. long, short-acuminate, rounded or barely cordate at base, sparsely serrate and ciliate to entire, glabrous, petioles 1-8 cm. long, stipules persistent, ovate oblong, mucronate, entire, 10-22 mm. long. Cymes axillary, many flowered, diffuse, peduncle 6-12 cm. long. Bracts persistent, minute. Pedicels 6-16 mm. long, fine. Staminate tepals 4, the outer broadly obovate, 3-6 mm. long, the inner narrower. Stamens free, few, anthers oblong. Pistillate tepals 5, elliptic, 4-6 mm. long. Styles 3, 2-parted, completely covered by stigmatic papillae, placentae simple. Capsule 6-9 mm. long, the largest wing oblong, spreading or barely ascending, 10-14 mm. wide, the other two marginiform, very narrow; Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. New York: The Garden, 1900- v. 8 1952-1954: Page: 36-40 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/150964 Junction of Provinces of Guayas, Cafiar, Chimborazo and Bolivar: plants climbing tree ... trunk to 11 mo, leaves pale green; foothills of the western cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1,000-1,250 ft., E-3754. El Oro: plants climbing to 5 m. or more, flowers white; in Moro region (about 21 miles west of Porto: velo), 3,400-4,200 ft., in dense rain forest, E-630. Santiago-Zamora (''Oriente''): to 1.5 m., flowers pink; eastern slope of the cordillera, valley of the Rios Negro and Chupianza (on trail from Sevilla de Oro to Mendez), E-769. |
