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key 5; family Rubiaceae
Hintonia octomera Bullock (syn: Coutarea octomera
Hemsl.); bak ak
Woody
liana; shoots dimorphic, long shoots bearing paired and decussate
short shoots; leaves opposite, elliptic to narrowly obovate, clustered
towards the ends of short shoots; flowers from leaf axils of short
shoots; corolla white, funnel-like, pendant; fruits woody capsules
with 2-carpels, containing numerous winged seeds.
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Listed, as Coutarea octomera, as an important source
of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza
Novello 1981).
Woody
liana; shoots dimorphic, long shoots bearing paired and decussate
short shoots; leaves opposite, elliptic to narrowly obovate, clustered
towards the ends of short shoots; flowers from leaf axils of short
shoots; corolla white, funnel-like, pendant; fruits woody capsules
with 2-carpels, containing numerous winged seeds.
