Cardiopteris moluccana
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| Cardiopteris moluccana | |
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| Leaf | |
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| Corky stem | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Cardiopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Cardiopteris |
| Species: | C. moluccana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardiopteris moluccana | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
Cardiopteris moluccana, commonly known as blood vine, is a climbing plant in the citronella family Cardiopteridaceae native to areas from the Philippines south to Queensland, Australia. It is a twining vine with a stem diameter up to 12 cm (4.7 in). The outer bark has deep, longitudinal corky ridges and the leaves are usually hastate.[4][5] It was first described by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1847.[6]
The native range of Cardiopteris moluccana is the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.[3] In Australia it occurs on the east coast from around Rossville to about Ingham, and inhabits in rainforest from sea level to about 700 m (2,300 ft).[5][7]
