''Pentacalia todziae'' is a plant species endemic to

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, known only from

San Martín Province The San Martín Province is one of 10 provinces of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Political division The province is divided into fourteen districts, which are: * Alberto Leveau ( Utcurarca) * Cacatachi ( Cacatachi) * Chazuta ( Ch ...

.Robinson, Harold Ernest, & Cuatrecasas, José. 1993. New species of ''Pentacalia'' (Senecioneae: Asteraceae) from Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Novon 3: 284-301
/ref>Ulloa Ulloa, C., J. L. Zarucchi & B. León. 2004. Diez años de adiciones a la flora del Perú 1993–2003. Arnaldoa Edición Especial Nov.: 1–242. ''Pentacalia todziae'' is a large vine climbing over other vegetation. Stems are round in cross-section, hollow. Leaves are fleshy, thick and sturdy, broadly ovate, up to 17 cm long. Flower heads are borne in

panicles A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are o ...

up to 50 cm long, in the

axils A leaf ( : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, st ...

of the leaves. Heads each have about 8 yellow ray flowers and 25-30 yellow-brown disc flowers.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15479249 todziae Flora of Peru