All the plant photographies are performed by Patrick Blanc and their use must go with the photo caption and the mention "copyright Patrick Blanc"
  • Patrick Blanc holding the stem of Mucuna macrocarpa with giant hanging blackish pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand, Oct. 2023

    Patrick Blanc holding the stem of Mucuna macrocarpa with giant hanging blackish pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand, Oct. 2023

  • Mucuna macrocarpa with giant hanging blackish pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand

    Mucuna macrocarpa with giant hanging blackish pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand

  • Mucuna macrocarpa, giant hanging articulated pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand

    Mucuna macrocarpa, giant hanging articulated pods, Khun Chae NP, Thailand

  • Mucuna mollissima, pods with characteristic oblique protruding ridges, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

    Mucuna mollissima, pods with characteristic oblique protruding ridges, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

  • Mucuna mollissima, pods with characteristic zigzaging oblique protruding ridges covered with irritant hairs, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

    Mucuna mollissima, pods with characteristic zigzaging oblique protruding ridges covered with irritant hairs, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

  • Mucuna mollissima, pods covered with irritant hairs, especially along the oblique protruding ridges, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

    Mucuna mollissima, pods covered with irritant hairs, especially along the oblique protruding ridges, Arfak Mts, 1000 m asl, West Papua

  • Melastoma sp., in swampy lowland rainforest understory, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Melastoma sp., in swampy lowland rainforest understory, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Melastoma sp., flower and bending maturing fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Melastoma sp., flower and bending maturing fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Melastoma sp., hairy red stems and bending down fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Melastoma sp., hairy red stems and bending down fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Melastoma sp., berry like circumscissile dehiscent capsular fruit revealing the seeds embedded in blackish pulp, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Melastoma sp., berry like circumscissile dehiscent capsular fruit revealing the seeds embedded in blackish pulp, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Melastoma sp., top of the circumscissile fleshy capsular fruit, top part covered with scaly hairs, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Melastoma sp., top of the circumscissile fleshy capsular fruit, top part covered with scaly hairs, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc in a clump of Phrynium giganteum at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc in a clump of Phrynium giganteum at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua, May 2025

  • Phrynium giganteum, a large clump at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, a large clump at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc evaluating the size of the leaf of Phrynium giganteum, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc evaluating the size of the leaf of Phrynium giganteum, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua, May 2025

  • Phrynium giganteum, leaves and inflorescences hidden in the center of the clump, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, leaves and inflorescences hidden in the center of the clump, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, much branched inflorescences in the center of the clump, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, much branched inflorescences in the center of the clump, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, much branched inflorescences with both flower buds and maturing fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, much branched inflorescences with both flower buds and maturing fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, part of branched inflorescence with bracts and flower buds, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, part of branched inflorescence with bracts and flower buds, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, flower at anthesis, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, flower at anthesis, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, ripening fleshy tricoccous capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, ripening fleshy tricoccous capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium giganteum, light green fleshy tricoccous almost spherical capsular fruit invaginated at apex, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium giganteum, light green fleshy tricoccous almost spherical capsular fruit invaginated at apex, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium macrocephalum at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium macrocephalum at forest edge, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium macrocephalum, infructescence emerging above the foliage, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium macrocephalum, infructescence emerging above the foliage, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium macrocephalum, infructescence with persistent dry bracts and mature light green capsular tricoccous fruits, , Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium macrocephalum, infructescence with persistent dry bracts and mature light green capsular tricoccous fruits, , Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium macrocephalum, whitish triangular tricoccous capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium macrocephalum, whitish triangular tricoccous capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, an unusual bright pink fruited form, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, an unusual bright pink fruited form, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, a bright pink fruited form, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, a bright pink fruited form, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, long narrow bracts and unusaual bright pink fleshy capsular fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

    Phrynium cf. macrocephalum, long narrow bracts and unusaual bright pink fleshy capsular fruits, Malagufuk, Sorong, West Papua

  • Phrynium pubinerve, clump with bright red infructescences emerging from the stem adnate to the leaf petiole, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium pubinerve, clump with bright red infructescences emerging from the stem adnate to the leaf petiole, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium pubinerve, mature bright red infructescences emerging from the pseudo-petiole resulting from stem adnation, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium pubinerve, mature bright red infructescences emerging from the pseudo-petiole resulting from stem adnation, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium pubinerve, dense infructescence made of congested dry brown bracts and bracteoles, the bright red tricoccous fleshy mature capsular fruits assembled in a spherical bulk, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium pubinerve, dense infructescence made of congested dry brown bracts and bracteoles, the bright red tricoccous fleshy mature capsular fruits assembled in a spherical bulk, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Phrynium pubinerve, bright red tricoccous fleshy  capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

    Phrynium pubinerve, bright red tricoccous fleshy capsular fruits, Batanta, Raja Ampat, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc observing Phrynium cominsia, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc observing Phrynium cominsia, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

  • Phrynium cominsia in forest understory, on the banks of a small river, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia in forest understory, on the banks of a small river, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Patrick Blanc showing the infructescence of Phrynium cominsia, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

    Patrick Blanc showing the infructescence of Phrynium cominsia, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua, May 2025

  • Phrynium cominsia, infructescence, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia, infructescence, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Phrynium cominsia, base of infructescence with mature capsular greenish grey fruits, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia, base of infructescence with mature capsular greenish grey fruits, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Phrynium cominsia, mature tricoccous capsular fruits with valves opening while still fleshy greenish thus exposing the seeds, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia, mature tricoccous capsular fruits with valves opening while still fleshy greenish thus exposing the seeds, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Phrynium cominsia, tricoccous almost cylindrical capsular fruits with green seeds maturing black, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia, tricoccous almost cylindrical capsular fruits with green seeds maturing black, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

  • Phrynium cominsia, mature capsular fruits, the valves opening while still fleshy light green and exposing the black seeds, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

    Phrynium cominsia, mature capsular fruits, the valves opening while still fleshy light green and exposing the black seeds, Ndabou, 500 m asl, Arfak Mts, West Papua

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