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Alyxia spicata
Alyxia spicata, commonly known as chain fruit, is a sprawling shrub or vine in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to New Guinea and the Australian tropics.
Plants may grow up to 4 metres (13 ft) high and have leaves in whorls of 4 on vertically growing shoots and whorls of 3 on horizontal shoots. Flowers usually have an orange tube with cream lobes and are 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) in diameter with a hairy calyx. Fruits transition through yellow and orange and ultimately black upon ripening. These are around 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter and may be joined like beads on a string.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 369501.