Gonocaryum crassifolium

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Gonocaryum crassifolium

Description

Shrub with flexuous branches, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves reminding of those of G. litorole, ovate to oblong, apex ± abruptly acuminate for c. 2 cm, tip bluntish, base broadly cuneate to rounded, coriaceous, 15-17 by 5-9.5 cm, midrib strongly deepened above, sharply prominent beneath, nerves (5-)6-7 pairs, slightly impressed above, raised beneath, proper reticulation obscure, both faces of the lamina finely tubercled; Petals ovate-oblong, subacuminate, thickish, free to almost the base, glabrous and smooth inside, c. 2 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Selangor present, Sempang Mines present
Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Selangor: Sempang Mines), once found.

Citation

SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 210
Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 432