Scindapsus curranii Engl. & K.Krause

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Scindapsus curranii Engl. & K.Krause

Material examined. MALAYSIA – Pedalaman • Pandewan, Sungai Pementarian ; 04°58′12″N, 116°25′24″E; 13 February 1987; Sumbing Jimpin SAN 119952 ( BORH, SAN) • Tenom, Sungai Kaang ; Asik Mantor SAN 120266 ( SAN, UKMS) – Pantai Barat • Ranau, Bukit Kulung ; 06°01′26″N, 116°40′18″E; 6 October 1987; W. Meijer SAN 122424 ( SAN) • Ranau, Mount Kinabalu, Kinabalu ; 06°05′30″N, 116°32′45″E; Clemens & Clem- ens, s.n. (L) • same locality; 1371.6 m (4500 ft.) elev.; 5 September 1961; W. L. Chew, E. J. H. Corner & A. Stainton RNSB 2770 ( SAN) • same locality; 1284.96 m (52000 ft.) elev.; 10 September 1961, W. L. Chew, E. J. H. Corner, A. & Stainton RNSB 2940 ( SAN) • same locality; 1284.96 m (52000 ft.) elev.; 18 April 1964; W. L. Chew & E. J. H. Corner RNSB 4939 ( SAN) • Ranau, Poring ; 06°02′53′′N, 116°42′06′′E; 457.2 m (1500 ft.) elev .;

3 October 1987; W. Meijer et al. SAN 122513 ( SAN) • Ranau , Tenompok; 05°58′58″N, 116°30′40″E; 1524 m elev.; 9 May 1932; Clemens & Clemens 29617 (P) – Sandakan • Beluran , Ulu Tungud Forest Reserve; 05°48′51″N, 117°07′16″E; 188.976 m (620 ft.) elev.; 17 August 2004, J. B. Sugau SAN 145513 ( SAN) • Ranau , Mount Kinabalu; [06°05′30″N; 116°32′45″E]; 1645.92 m (5400 ft.) elev.; date unknown; Cockburn SAN 76802 ( SAN) • Sandakan , Sepilok Forest Reserve; 05°49′36″N, 117°57′04″E; 17 December 1990, W. Meijer SAN 131689 ( SAN) • Sandakan , Tongod, Lamag; 05°28′29″N, 117°49′24″E; 21 March 1980; L. Madani SAN 92041A ( SAN) • Sandakan , Ulu Dusun; 05°47′06″N, 117°46′18″E; 15.24 m (50 ft.) elev.; 2 September 1977; S. Lantoh SAN 87917 (L, SAN) • Telupid ; 05°39′35″N, 117°03′08″E; 19 March 1974; Aban & Saikeh SAN 79412 ( SAN) – Tawau • Kalabakan ; 04°24′30.″N, 117°29′00″E; 16 October 1999; Fedilis & Sumbing SAN 91332 ( SAN) • Tawau Hill Park ; 04°23′00″N, 117°53′00″E; 29 June 2006; Julia et al. SAN 147009 ( SAN, SAR) .

Identification. Herb. Climbing along small tree stems in wet sand gravelly soil of very humid forested flats and along streams at 750 feet; stem or stems bendable, less than one-half of an inch thick, subterete, dark or dull green, from 10 to 15 feet high, ringed every 3 to 5 inches, taking rootlets at the joints, more or less crooked, occasionally branched along the main stem but profusely branched toward the top; the ultimate branches long, curved and drooping, becoming interlaced, at first de- scending, finally ascendingly curved toward their tips, as thick as a man’s small finger, of the same green color as the stems; woody fibers tough and yellowish, the whitish pith relatively large; leaf blades pendant from ascending involutely twisted green herbaceous stalks or petioles, flat and paler green on the nether side. Inflorescence erect, 3 inches long, one half to three quarters of an inch thick, fusiform, glaucous black, in the early state clothed with a smooth shining-green sheath or spathe which with maturity turns creamy yellow or creamy white on the inside; spadix or cob quite thick and rigid, terminated in a green, slender and curved point; florets sulphureus ex- cept the green margins between the individuals. Infructescence with fruiting spike erect, terete, very dark or a sort of metallic green or dull dark green.

Distribution and ecology. Northwestern, Southwestern, and northeastern Sabah. Mainly well-drained perhumid to everwet broadleaf forest at low to middle elevations.