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Desmos polycarpus
2007Summary
Desmos polycarpus is a species of plants in the custard apple family Annonaceae found only in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a vine with stems up to 5 cm (2.0 in) diameter, although it may appear as a scandent shrub when young. The leaves are simple and alternate and measure up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long by 6 cm (2.4 in) wide. Flowers are about 5 cm (2.0 in) wide and greenish yellow, with 3 sepals and 6 petals in two whorls of 3. The fruit is an apocarp about 1 cm (0.39 in) wide and 6 cm (2.4 in) long. It is found in rainforest and gallery forest from about Lockhart River on Cape York Peninsula, to the Atherton Tableland southwest of Cairns. It was first described by Australian botanist Laurence W. Jessup in 2007....read more on Wikipedia.
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| Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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