Amylotheca acuminatifolia

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Amylotheca acuminatifolia

Description

Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina narrowly ovate, 12-20 by 2.5-7 cm, attenuate at the base to an obscure winged petiole 2-5 mm long, acuminate and acute at the apex, lustrous above, dull below; venation pinnate with the midrib and the main laterals distinct on both sides. Inflorescences at the nodes, a raceme of 2 or 3 decussate pairs of triads with the central flowers sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate; axis 6-10 mm long; peduncles of the triads 1—3(—6) mm long; pedicels of the lateral flowers 2-5 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea (Irian Jaya present)
Malesia: New Guinea (Irian Jaya).

Notes

For differences from Amylotheca dictyophleba see .

Citation

Barlow 1981 – In: Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea: 227