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紫花野木瓜

Stauntonia purpurea

Description:

Evergreen vines. Leaves 2-5-foliolate, oblong or subobovate-oblong, 4-8 cm long, 2-4 cm broad, acute to caudate at apex, indistictly maculate beneath, creased on margins, at least when dryed. Flowers few, 1.3-1.9 cm long, in corymbose-racemes, yellowish with purple at base of calyx or wholly purplish-red. Stamens connate, connective protruding. Fruit oblong, 2.5-7(-9) cm long, 1.5-4(-5) cm broad, exocarp creased on surface.

Habitat:

Only distribute in Taiwan. Dense forest along valleys, among shrubs by trailsides; 1000--1600 m.

Notes:

I really like this flower. Their color are amazing and look like several little Campanulas.

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Tony Lin
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Tony Lin

Taiwan

Spotted on Jun 9, 2013
Submitted on Jun 9, 2013

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