Paullinia clavigera (Paullinia clavigera)
Description
Paullinia clavigera , is a species of climbing plant belonging to the family of the sapindáceas , native to America . They are vines ; with 4-6 ridge stems, almost completely glabrous; simple wood. Leaves pinnately 5-foliolate, petiole and rachis widely winged; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-oblong, 6-14 cm long and 2-5.5 cm wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, subentero to remote margin and coarsely serrated-dentate, coriaceous, glabrous except for the axillary axillae of the nerves of the underside, oblong stipules , 10-15 mm long, persistent. The inflorescences in solitary clusters, axillary, tomentulose, the flowers generally numerous, 3 mm long, white; the sepalspuberulent. The fruit not winged, pear-shaped, obovate, up to 4 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, glabrous, red, stipe 15-20 mm long; seeds 3, 6 mm long, white aril .
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Sapindales
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Family: Sapindaceae
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Genus: Paullinia
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