Pycnarrhena novoguineensis, commonly known as common milk vine, is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is a liane native to New Guinea and northeast Queensland, Australia, where it is found in lowland rainforest. It was first described in 1868.
Description Pycnarrhena novoguineensis is a woody vine growing to about diameter. The glossy green leaves are elliptic to oblong-elliptic, and measure up to long by wide. They are attached to the twigs by petioles (leaf stems) up to long, which have a large pulvinus (a swelling where the petiole attaches to the leaf blade, allowing the leaf to rotate and follow the sun).
Inflorescences are produced in the or directly from the old wood of the stem, and consist of clusters up to long. The flowers are small, having three or four petals about long and three to six sepals about long. The fruit is a red to yellow drupe about long.
Distribution and habitat This plant is fount in lowland rainforest and gallery forest, at altitudes up to . Its native range is New Guinea and the eastern coastal areas of Cape York Peninsula, Australia, as far south as about Lucinda.
Conservation This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act. , it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium Observations of this species on iNaturalist Images of this species on Flickriver.com