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Hypserpa polyandra

Hypserpa polyandra
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0
Family
Menispermaceae (Menisperm family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
W. Sumatera, Lesser Sunda Is. to W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

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Hypserpa polyandra is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae native to parts of Malesia, New Guinea and northeastern Australia. It is a large woody vine with a stem up to 14 cm (5.5 in) diameter, first described by Odoardo Beccari in 1877. It grows in lowland rainforest and gallery forest up to about 100 m (330 ft) above sea level. In Queensland it has been recognised as a vulnerable species.

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Hairy Hypserpa · Laurel-leaf hypserpa · Hypserpa smilacifolia · Hypserpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypserpa polyandra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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