Mucuna bennettii FABACEAE

Sample information

Sample ID129-52-3
Speciesbennettii
GenusMucuna
FamilyFABACEAE
Common namered jade vine
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Morphology

Pollen / Sporepollen
Morphologic typetricolporate
Surface patternreticulate
Equatorial sizemin 50, mean 56, max 61
Polar sizemin 48, mean 56, max 64
Equatorial shapeprolate
Polar shapetriangular
Grain arrangementdicot
Wall thickness3
Dispersal formmonad
Morphology notesTricolporate. Prolate spheroidal in ev; triangular in pv. Aperture membranes patterned. 56 (50-61) x 55 (48-64). Exine 3 u, thins toward pores. Reticulate with granular lumina; pattern changes toward colpi and size of units change toward poles.

Ecology and Geography

Plant typeangiosperm
Floristic region(s)Papua New Guinea (highland)

Collection

CollectorJ. M. Wheeler ANU 5726
ANU access code1966
Collection siteEastern Highlands Province, Kainantu District
Collection countryPapua New Guinea
Collection notesscanned card
Equatorial view