Pycnarrhena ozantha
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| Pycnarrhena ozantha | |
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| Branch with fruit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Pycnarrhena |
| Species: | P. ozantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Pycnarrhena ozantha | |
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Pycnarrhena ozantha is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to New Guinea, Vanuatu and Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
Pycnarrhena ozantha is a vine with a stem diameter up to 8 cm (3.1 in). Leaves are simple and alternate, measuring up to 22 cm (8.7 in) long on a petiole (leaf stalk) about 2 cm (0.79 in) long.[5][6]
Flowers are produced in clusters in the leaf axils or on the woody stems. They have between five and ten sepals but no petals.[5][6] This species is dioecious, meaning that pistillate (functionally female) and staminate (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants.[7]: 883
The fruit is a hairless orange-red drupe about 30 mm (1.2 in) long.[5][6]
Distribution and habitat
The native range of this species is New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu and the northern half of Cape York Peninsula. It grows in dryer raiinforest types such as gallery forest and monsoon forest, at altitudes up to about 100 m (330 ft).[6][8]
