Parsonsia fulva
Furry Silkpod
Furry Silkpod
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Common name: Furry Silkpod
Conservation status: ...
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Flowers
Flowers in loose axillary cymose panicles, on pedicels 3–5 mm long
Corolla lobes pubescent outside, bearded inside at the base, strongly reflexed, c. 3 mm long; tube c. 1.5 mm long
Anther cone about three-quarters exserted, filaments not twisted
Flowering: November–December
Fruit:
Capsule 15–20 cm long, c. 8 mm diameter, pubescent
Leaves:
Leaves broad-ovate or elliptic, 8–20 cm long, 5–13 cm wide
Apex short-acuminate or acute
Base broad-cuneate to rounded or shallowly cordate (2-lobed at the base in leaves on juvenile plants)
Upper surface glabrous or finely hairy, lower surface softly pubescent with brown hairs, small domatia present
Petiole 15–30 mm long
Stem & branches:
Twining stems
New growth brown-silky
Sap watery
Roots:
Habit:
Large woody climber to 30 m high
Habitat:
Distribution:
Grows in subtropical rainforest; north from Gibraltar Ra. in NSW
Other Australian states: Qld
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