Kadsura celebica
Species of flowering plant
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Kadsura celebica is a woody liana (climbing vine) in the family Schisandraceae native to northern Sulawesi.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Austrobaileyales |
| Family: | Schisandraceae |
| Genus: | Kadsura |
| Species: | K. celebica |
| Binomial name | |
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Description
Kadsura celebica thrives in wet biomes.[1] It has subcoriaceous, ovate leaves that have an average size of 13 by 9 cm (5.1 by 3.5 in), with flowers borne solitary (singular) in the axils of leaves, and on occasion a secondary flower will be borne in the axils of prophyll, also possibly seen in the axils of fugaceous bracts. all of which flowers have a peduncle of around 15 mm (0.6 in) long.[2]
Taxonomy
Kadsura celebica was first described in 1947 by the American botanist Albert Charles Smith. The species epithet celebica refers to the island of Sulawesi, which was formerly known as Celebes.[1][3]
