Fan palm with wedge-shaped segments.

New leaves that are red mottled with pink.

A bipinnately compound leaf whose leaflets are larger and broader at the tips of the rachises and smaller at the bases.

Some more fabulous plants from Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam. 1. Lanonia centralis #Arecaceae 2. Smilax sp. #Smilacaceae 3. Archidendron clypearia #Fabaceae #IPSinVietnam #Vietnam #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a young shoot of Smilax. The leaves are not fully expanded, but the stipules—here visible as long tendrils—are fully developed. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Monocots are usually said not to have stipules, but Smilax is an exception. Moreover, the exceptional stipules of Smilax rotundifolia are modified into tendrils. The coil around anything they touch (thigmotropic). #Smilacaceae #stipule #Botany 🌾🧪🌱