Rhyticaryum fasciculatum

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Rhyticaryum fasciculatum

Description

Shrub, 1-2 m. Branchlets slender, youngest parts densely yellowish-substrigose. Leaves oblong to subovate-oblong, apex abruptly acuminate for 1, rarely up to 2 cm, tip rather blunt, base broadly cuneate, membranous to chartaceous, laxly to very laxly strigose on midrib and nerves, rarely also on veins beneath, glabrous otherwise, green or yellowish when dry, shining on both faces, 12-24 by 5-9 cm, nerves 8 (-10) curved-ascending and looping pairs, prominent mainly on the undersurface, reticulation fine and rather dense, moderately raised on both sides;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Vogelkop Peninsula present, W. New Guinea present
Malesia: W. New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula).

Citation

VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 257
SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 252
SCHELLENB. 1923 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 168