Alectryon affinis

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Alectryon affinis

Description

Erect shrub with spreading, often pendulous branches, c. 3 m high, or tree up to 14m high, dbh c. 19 cm; Leaves 1-3-jugate; Inflorescences up to 16 cm long, sparsely hairy, peduncle 1-3.5 cm long; Sepals c. 1 mm high. Petals c. 0.8 mm long, on both sides gla-brous. Stamens 7 or 8; Fruits c. 1 by 1.25 cm, yellowish brown, slightly warty, outside very sparsely hairy to glabrous, inside glabrous, wall hard, c. 0.5 mm thick.

Distribution

Africa: Northern Provinces (Northern Province present), Asia-Tropical, Central present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea. (Central and Northern Province).

Citation

Leenh. 1988 – In: Blumea: 315
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1001
Radlk. 1920 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 275