Freycinetia imbricata Bl. TAXONOMIC TREATMENT Pandanaceae R. Br.
overlapping leaf bases. Leaves linear, imbricate, 14–31 cm long, 1–2.8 cm wide at the middle, the leaf base overlapping, slightly sheathing, abruptly attenuate
below the apex with an acumen 0.5-1.5 cm long, thin coriaceus to subcoriaceus, above glossy dark green, below paler green, patent but margins slightly revolute;
the midrib below sharp, thickened and projecting below; longitudinal veins visible on the both surface, prominent on the abaxial surface, about 0.5-0.6 mm
apart, tertiary cross vein partially visible on the abaxial surface, at mid section with 15-18 secondary parallel veins in each half exclude costa; margins near base
and along apex especially on cauda serrulate-denticulate to serrate-dentate, 0.5 mm long, 1-4 mm apart, ascending at 5
o
, straw color, elsewhere smooth; median costa dorsally with prickles 0.5-0.75 mm long, 2-4 mm apart, subulate tipped
serration minutely serrate, ascending at 45
o
, straw color; auricle partially preserved in some leaves, 2-5 cm long, 0.3-1 cm wide, membranous, tapered or
rounded to the apex-adnate at apex, entire-armed almost to the base., 3 or 4 nerved; pistillate inflorescence pseudoumbellate to pseudolaterall; pedicels 1.2
cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm wide, semiterete, glabrous-puberulous; bract 4-6 in number, ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 cm long, 0.8-1.8 cm wide, entire, acute–acuminate;
terminal; syncarp narrowly elliptic–broadly oblong, 2.6-2 cm long, 1-2.2 cm wide, green when ripe, berries numerous, crowded, when dry 3.5-6.5 mm long, 1
-2 mm wide, pentagonal-lageniform, pileus 0.2-0.3 mm long, white, narrowing beneath the pileus; stigma mostly 2-3, 0.2-0.3 mm wide, depressed ovate-
suborbicular. DISTRIBUTION: West Java.
HABITAT ECOLOGY: Freycinetia imbricata grows on altitude 500 to 1100 m above sea level in a long a trail on a steep slope in a disturbed primary lowland
forest, but mostly found growing on hill forest below 1000 m; flowering and fruiting in March to October.
NOTES. Freycinetia imbricata is named in reference to its imbricate leaves.
Freycinetia imbricata appears close to F. sumatrana. Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing linear leaves, imbricate leaves, leaf
margin prickly in the basal part, apical part and midrib toward apex. Freycinetia
sumatrana differs from F. imbricatas by two character states, auricle fragmenting transversally and berry subpyramidal.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: — WEST JAVA: Bantam Jaya, Forbes 447 K; Bogor-Ciapus, Hallier sn BO; Sukabumi-Mt. Halimin Nat. Park-Mt. Kendeng,
Hoover, Hendra and Hunter 32727 BO; Cikaniki river, Hoover, Girmansyah and Hunter 72220 BO; Cikaniki, Rahayu 039, and 045 JHUN;
Mt. Gede Pangrango Nat. Park-Bodogol, Kartawinata 1809 BO,
Martelli 226 L, Rahayu 033, and 035 JHUN; Burangrang-Mt. Limus, van den Brink 4348 BO;
South Bandung, South Ciwidey- Cibarengkok, Dransfield 4175 BO.
4 . Freycinetia insignis Bl.
Freycinetia insignis Blume, Rumphia 1:148, t. 42.1835. Kurz, J. Bot
5:134. 1867. Warburg, Pflanzenr. 3 .IV. 33. 1900. Koorders, Recueil.Trav. Bot. Neerl. 7: 83. 1910. Koorders, Exkurs. Fl. v .Java : 76. 1911. Koorders, Exkurs. Fl.
v. Java I: 5. 1913. Backer Bakhuizen van den Brink, Fl. Java 3: 200.1968. Stone, Reinwardtia 8 : 310. 1972 — Lectotype: Martelli 113 L.
Medium climbers, the stems 1.7-18 mm in diameter, terete. Internodes of branches 0.6-3 cm long, 1.1-1.3 mm thick, terete, sulcate. Leaves linear,
imbricate, 45-22 cm long, 1.8-3.7 cm wide, the leaf base amplexicaul, gradually attenuate to a subulate caudate apex 4.5-6 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, chartaceus to
coriaceous, above dark green, below paler green, patent but margins slightly revolute; the midrib below thin to thickened, sharp and projecting below;
longitudinal veins prominent on both surfaces, about 0.5-0.8 mm apart, tertiary cross vein barely visible toward the base, but from the middle outward easily
noted, a few tertiary cross vein oblique, forming short rhombic mashes; at mid section with 22 – 30 secondary parallel veins in each half exclude costa; margins
armed for a short space 5.5-6 cm in the basal part with denticulate prickles, 0.5 -1 mm long, 1-4 mm apart, ascending at 90
o
, bent upward, straw color; in the apical part with subulate tipped serration, 0.30-0.75 mm long, 0.5-3 mm apart,
ascending at 3
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, straw color, unarmed between; midrib armed in upper quarter to upper third, prickles sparse 0.3 mm long, 3-4 mm apart, subulate tipped serration,
curved, ascending, straw color; auricle subpersistent but fragmenting, 4-0 cm
long, 0.4-1.5 cm wide, the apex preserved in some upper leaves 5.5-6.8 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide
,
adnate to the apex, denticulate-spinulose at the apex with prickles 0.5-1 mm long, 0.5-1 mm apart, subulate, ascending. 4–nerve, pale
green; pistillate inflorescence pseudoumbellate; peduncle with bract scar, 14.5- 17.5 cm long, 0.5-0.7 cm wide, semiterete with 2.5-3 cm toward the apex, each
syncarp on pedicels 1.5-5.2 cm long, 0.2-1.5 cm wide, 5-6 mm thick, robust, semiterete, glabrous–hirsute; bracts 3-10 in number, 6–24 cm long, 2.7–3 cm
wide, ovate, apex aristate and armed with spinulose prickles; terminal; syncarp 2- 4, cylindric, narrowly elliptic, suboblong - oblong, 1-11 cm long, 0.5-3.2 cm wide;
berries numerous, crowded, pentagonal, lageniform - oblong, narrowing on the base, when dry 1–11 mm long, 1 mm wide, apex truncate; pileus 0.2–0.5 mm
long, white, suborbicular; stigma 2-3 -4, dark brown, suborbicular-deppresed ovate, sunken to horizontal in position, stigmatic areola 0.5-1 mm wide.
DISTRIBUTION: West Java, Central Java to East Java. HABITAT ECOLOGY: Freycinetia insignis is one of species occupying wider
ecological spectrum from 200 to 2000m above sea level. This species grows from lowland rain forest to upper montane forest, but mostly found growing in lower
montane forest below 1500 m; flowering and fruiting in January to December. VERNACULAR NAME:. Pandan grengseng, pandan rambat
.
NOTES: Freycinetia insignis appears close to F. sumatrana. Morphologically these species are similar to each other by sharing linear leaves, imbricate leaves,
leaf margin prickly in the basal part, apical part and midrib toward apex, auricle without septate or nerve, leaf apex gradually attenuate to subulate apex, pistillate
inflorescence pseudoumbellate. Freycinetia sumatrana differs from F. insignis by two character states, auricle fragmenting transversally and peduncle without bract
scar. SPECIMENS EXAMINED: — WEST JAVA: Pandeglang-Mt. Karang, Koorders
40133 BO; Sukabumi-Mt. Halimun Nat. Park, van Steenis 12410 BO, Dransfield 4209 BO, Rahayu 040 JHUN; Cianjur-Cibodas, Koorders 40942
BO, Dransfield 985 BO, Nitta 15095 K, Rahayu 023 and 026 JHUN; Bandung -Tangkuban Perahu, van Leeuwen 2270, and 11515 BO; Ciwidey-Mt.
Simpang, Widjaja sn JHUN, Rahayu 012, and 015 JHUN; CENTRAL JAVA:
Semarang-Mt. Telomoyo, Koorders 27887 BO; EAST JAVA: Madiun-Mt. Wilis, Lorsing 841 BO; Pasuruan-Mt. Semeru Mt. Widodaren, Backer 3677
BO , van Steenis 1341 BO.