Glandur (Mycetia cauliflora)

Glandur (Mycetia cauliflora) is a plant species in the Rubiaceae, perennial shrub, erect, up to 2 meters high, cylindrical stem, woody, branched, bark dark brown and rough, grows on shady forest floors, plantations and roadsides.

M. cauliflora has leaves oblong-lanceolate to obovate, 5-24 cm long, 1.5-8 cm wide, dark green, glabrous upper surface, pinnate base, pointed tip, a main vein in the middle with many small pinnate veins.

Inflorescence terminal, 2-10 cm long, puberulent, bract and bracteole are lanceolate, pedicle 10-27 mm long, petal lobe 2-3.5 mm long, corolla tube length 8-20 mm, corolla indument glabrous externally.

The fruit is round to elongated oval, plain white.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Rubioideae
Tribe: Argostemmateae
Genus: Mycetia
Species: Mycetia cauliflora

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