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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Cardiopteris ~~Royle~~'' (PROSEA)}}<big>''[[Cardiopteris ~~Royle~~]]'' Royle </big>

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:Family: Cardiopteridaceae

== Major species and synonyms ==

* ''[[Cardiopteris moluccana]]'' Blume.

* ''[[Cardiopteris quinqueloba]]'' (Hassk.) Hassk., synonyms: ''C. lobata'' R. Br., ''Peripterygium quinquelobum'' Hassk.

== Vernacular names ==

* * ''C. moluccana'' : *Indonesia: uge jabba (Ternate), uta lala (Ambon), mata-mata (Sulawesi)

*Philippines: tabolo (Bisaya), bangogan (Bicol), lila (Bukidnon)

*Papua New Guinea: gogomangeni (Wapi), kehunghe (Mekeo).

* ''C. quinqueloba'' : *Indonesia: saburung, ruru-ruruan (Sudanese), angin-anginan (Javanese)

*Malaysia: gamba puteh

*Laos: liinz lii, hviid

== Observations ==

*Climbing herbs with milky juice, up to 9 m long. *Leaves spirally arranged, palmatinerved, long petiolate; in ''C. quinqueloba'' leaf-blade broadly ovate in outline, 3-5(-9)-lobed, membraneous, 4-17 cm × 3-16 cm; in ''C. moluccana'' leaf-blade entire, chartaceous, ovate-cordate, up to 24 cm × 22 cm. On the edge of forest and thickets and in open places such as limestone outcrops. Mostly at low elevations but sometimes up to 1500 m altitude.

== Selected sources ==