Tinospora esiangkara
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| Vine with fruit | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Tinospora |
| Species: | T. esiangkara |
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Tinospora esiangkara is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to northern parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia.
Description
It is a slender woody climber with a stem diameter up to 2 cm (0.8 in). The leaves are narrowly triangular to ovate, and measure up to 10 cm (4 in) long and 4 cm (1.6 in) wide. They are attached to the twigs by a petiole (leaf stem) about 1 cm (0.4 in) long.[4][5]
Flowers are borne on racemes which emerge from the leaf axils. Both male and female flowers are about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) in diameter and have six petals and sepals.[4][5] This species is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are borne on separate plants[6]
The fruit is an ellipsoid drupe about 6 mm (0.24 in) long and orange-red in colour.[4][5]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia and occurs in three widely separated populations – Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, where the majority of occurrences are; Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, roughly 1,000 km (620 mi) to the west; and North West Cape in Western Australia, another 2,250 km (1,400 mi) to the southwest.[7] It grows in seasonally dry tropical forests.[4][5]
Conservation status
This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.[1] As of June 2026, it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
References
- 1 2 "Taxon - Tinospora esiangkara". WildNet. Queensland Government. 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "Tinospora esiangkara (F.M.Bailey) Forman". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 "Tinospora esiangkara (F.M.Bailey) Forman". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Tinospora esiangkara". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Forman, L.L. (2022). "Tinospora esiangkara (F.M.Bailey) Forman". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ Kessler, P.J.A. (1993). "Menispermaceae". In Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.). Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Magnoliid, Hamamelid, and Caryophyllid Families. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. II. Berlin: Springer. pp. 402–418. doi:10.1007/978-3-662-02899-5. ISBN 978-3-642-08141-5.
- ↑ "Search: species: Tinospora esiangkara | Occurrence records". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Australian Government. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
External links
- Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- Observations of this species on iNaturalist
- Images of this species on Flickriver.com