Melodinus australis (F.Muell.) Pierre

Liana. Leaf blade lanceolate-ovate, elliptic or obovate, 3-16 cm long, 0.5-6 cm wide; lateral veins 11-13 per side of midrib; upper surface glossy green, glabrous; lower surface pale green, glabrous; tip acute, mucronate or rounded; base cuneate. Flowers 4.5-7 mm long, 4-7 mm wide; corolla cream-yellow. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 4-15 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, orange-red.

New Guinea

Source: Forster, P. (2002). Apocynaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Gentianales
family       Apocynaceae
genus        Melodinus J.R. & G.Forst.