Uvaria micrantha is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae native to Indo-China, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern parts of Western Australia and Queensland. It is a scrambling shrub or vine with a stem diameter up 5 cm (2.0 in) which inhabits monsoon forest and gallery forest.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Uvaria |
| Species: | U. micrantha
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| Uvaria micrantha | |
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It is a host plant for larvae of the green-spotted triangle butterfly.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Uvaria micrantha". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Uvaria micrantha (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Uvaria micrantha". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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