Alyxia grandis

Alyxia grandis is a species of plant in the oleander and frangipani family Apocynaceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia.

Description

Alyxia grandis is a twining climber with stems up to long and thick. The stems are marked by large lenticels, and all parts of the plant exude white sap when damaged. The thin but stiff leaves are arranged in whorls of two or three, green above and paler below, and measure up to long and wide. They have about 40 lateral veins either side of the midrib, the leaf edges are smooth and curl downwards slightly.
The cream-yellow flowers are born on about long, and are about long and wide. The fruit is yellow when ripe, cylindrical, and measures up to long and wide.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Australian botanist Paul Irwin Forster in 1992.

Distribution and habitat

This species grows as a tree-top vine in rainforest, at altitudes from sea level to about, but is more common at altitude. It occurs from the area near Cooktown to about Girringun National Park.

Conservation

This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act., it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.