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Collector Poulsen, A. D.
Number 1658
Collected with Henning Adsersen & Jasli kiki Tilang
Country Malaysia
Subpart SABAH
County  
Locality Tabin Wildlife Reserve, northern part near Tabin River. Base of limestone ridge. Kinabatangan District.
Coordinates 5° 19' N 118° 45' E
Minimum elevation (m) 40
Maximum elevation (m) 40
Start date 2000/10/16
End date 2000/10/16
Family Gesneriaceae
Identification Monophyllaea merrilliana Kraenzlin
Determined by A.D. Poulsen (AAU), 2000.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Lithophyte on limestone. Usually only with one leaf, sometimes proliferating with 1-many small leaves at the base. Petiole fleshy up to 50 cm (61) Lamina cordate up to 40 by 40 cm, apex always missing on leaves bearing an inflorescence, which arise from mid nerve up to 15 cm long, rarely branched. Flowers white with yellow patch surrounded by narrow band of pale pink. Fruit erect with swollen calyx lobes. Seeds black, minute. Material in spirit. Specimen at: SAN, KEP, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah Parks, AAU, L, K, E, SING.

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