Parsonsia velutina R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Woody climber to 8 m high or more, new growth brown-hairy, sap watery.
Leaves ovate, mostly 7–19 cm long, 3.5–9 cm wide, apex acuminate to a fine point, base strongly cordate (2-lobed in leaves on juvenile plants), lower surface softly pubescent with brownish hairs; petiole 10–40 mm.
Flowers in condensed axillary cymes, sessile or almost so. Corolla lobes erect, 2–2.5 mm long, bearded inside at base; tube 1–2 mm long. Anther cone almost wholly enclosed within the corolla, filaments not twisted.
Capsule suberect, 7–15 cm long, c. 10 mm diam., glabrous or pubescent.
Flowering: spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Common in warmer rainforest, north from Gosford.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
The plants in N.S.W. and southern Queensland probably are a different taxon to those of the tropics.
Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept: J.B. Williams (1996)
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