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Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Hook.
Family Apocynaceae
Common name: Hairy Milk Vine

Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Hook. APNI*

Description: Thin-stemmed twiner to 5 m high, stems pubescent, latex milky slightly yellowish.

Leaves with lamina oblong or narrow-oblong, 3–12 cm long, 1.5–4.5 cm wide, apex and base shortly narrowed, lower surface softly and densely pubescent, pale yellowish green, veins obscure; petiole 5–12 mm long.

Inflorescences open lateral panicles shorter than the leaves, bearing 2–6 umbels; peduncles and pedicels slender, pubescent. Flowers c. 3 mm diam., pale yellow. Corolla rotate; lobes spreading, ovate; tube 1–1.5 mm long, obtuse, glabrous. Corona segments short and broad, with 2 auricles at base. Style head short, obtuse.

Follicles narrow, fusiform, 4–6 cm long, 4–8 mm diam.


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Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subtropical and dry rainforest; widespread, chiefly in coastal districts; chiefly north from Tuross River.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
AVH map***

Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept: P.I. Forster (1995)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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