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Rhaphidophora cryptantha

Rhaphidophora cryptantha P.C.Boyce & C.M.Allen is a species extraordinary of appearance. It is a neotenic liane. Plants are clinging, unbranched, densely leafy,; stems rectangular in cross-section. Leaves are distichous, shingling and ascending on adherent shoots, densely arranged and slightly spreading on free shoots. Leaf lamina are broadly ovate, coriaceous, with primary and secondary venation reticulate, barely visible abaxially, slightly raised and silver-grey adaxially.

Genus name comes form greek rhaphis, rhaphidos (needle) and pher6 (I bear); refers to the macroscopic (to 1 cm long), needle-like unicellular trichosclereids present in tissues.

Rhaphidophora cryptantha

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