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Alyxia insularis Kanehira & Sasaki (蘭嶼念珠藤)

Introduction
Scientific Name:Alyxia insularis Kanehira & Sasaki
Family:Apocynaceae
life form:Evergreen woody vines
Other:Bisexual flower

 

Habitats and Distribution
Endemic, distributed in Lanyu Island and Lutao, in thickset.

 

Life Form
Leaves
Leaves 3- or 4-whorled, coriaceous, obovate, 5.5-10 cm long, the apex obtuse, lateral veins numerous.


Flowers
Crowded in axillary; flowers white; monoecious.


Fruit
Capsule, gold at maturity.

 

Microcharacteristic
Palynology

 
Tissue Section

 

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