Common name: Coast Tylophora
Tylophora benthamii Tsiang APNI* Synonyms: Tylophora crebriflora S.T.Blake APNI*
Description: Climber to 4 m high, stems pubescent; latex yellowish, opaque.
Leaves with lamina broad-ovate, mostly 6–12 cm long, 3–8 cm wide, apex mucronate or shortly acuminate, base strongly cordate, upper surface sparsely pubescent; lower surface pubescent, main reticulum distinct; petiole 15–50 mm long, finely pubescent.
Flowers in lateral inflorescences of 2–5 compact umbels; peduncles shortly branched, primary peduncles 10–20 mm long; pedicels 5–12 mm long. Corolla 8–11 mm diam., red-purple; lobes ovate to lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, hairy. Corona segments prominent, narrowed above to a circular apex with several hairs.
Follicles 7–12 cm long.
Flowering: late spring–summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in littoral rainforest, north from Sawtell.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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