Checklist of aroids (Alismatales, Araceae) from Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) Author Wong, Sin Yeng Author Joling, Jyloerica text Check List 2021 2021-06-17 17 3 931 974 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.931 journal article 10.15560/17.3.931 1809-127X 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 92041 A ( 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.