Alyxia halmaheirae (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Alyxia halmaheirae Miq.

Protologue: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 4: 140 (1869).

Distribution

Sulawesi, Moluccas.

Uses

A. halmaheirae is used in the same way as A. reinwardtii.

Observations

• A climber.
• Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4, elliptical, 2.7-13.5 cm × 0.4-3 cm, 2.3-7 times longer than wide, apex acuminate, glabrous.
• Inflorescence axillary or terminal, 1-2.2 cm long, 4-7-flowered.
• Corolla tube 4.2-4.9 mm long, lobes elliptical or ovate, 2.1-2.4 mm × 1.2-1.6 mm, apex obtuse or acute, tube yellowish, lobes white.
• Fruit with 1 article in each string, ellipsoid, globose or cylindrical, 9.3-14.5 mm × 7-10 mm, orange, turning black when mature.

A. halmaheirae is found on porous nickel and thin sandstone soils, in open or dense primary or secondary forest, at 20-2000 m altitude.

Selected sources

• [649] Markgraf, F. , 1977. Florae Malesianae Praecursores LV. Apocynaceae IV. Alyxia. Blumea 23: 377—414.

Main genus page

• Alyxia

Authors

• H.M. Sangat-Roemantyo & D.J. Middleton