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P.lonchites
| Habit : | A stout climber, quite glabrous, branches woody, terete and rigid, nodes much enlarged and internodes short.
| | Leaves : | Shortly petioled, thinly coriaceous, elliptic- or oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3-5-nerved from near the base, very uniform, 6.25 - 7.5 by 2.5 - 3.13 cm., subacute at both ends, tip not at all caudate, nervules reticulate, uppermost oblique and subauricled at the base; petiole 0.63 - 1.25 cm.
| | Spikes : | Peduncles longer than the petioles, male spikes 1.25 - 2.5 cm., fruiting females 2.5 - 5 cm. flexuous, rachis tomentose, bracts orbicular. Male spikes uniformly short; bracts ciliate; female much longer.
| | Fruits : | Unripe, sessile, ovoid. |
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