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P.pachyphyllum
| Habit : | A slender climber with shortly petioled coriaceous oblong or orbicular ovate glabrous leaves.
| | Leaves : | Shortly petioled, very thickly coriaceous; oblong or orbicular-obovate or elliptic acute or acuminate; nerves broad faint 2-3 pairs basal and one higher up, all lost above in the thick texture of the leaf; 10-15 by 5-10 cm., probably fleshy, pale yellowish when dry, nerves obscure; petiole 0.63 - 1.25 cm., very stout. | | Spikes : | Fruiting spike very stout, sunk in the fleshy rachis; 6.25 cm.; peduncle much longer than the petiole, very stout; rachis glabrous, bract and bracteoles forming a ring round the base of the smooth globose fruit.
| | Fruits : | Globose. |
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