Kibara nitens
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Description
Small sparsely branched shrub usually under 3 m high, glabrous.
Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong or narrowly obovate, 17 by 6.5 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, apex apiculate, apiculum obtuse or acute, margin obscurely and irregularly dentate, midrib prominent, lateral veins numerous and close-set, at first straight but curved and uniting near the margin, glabrous;
Inflorescence an axillary or terminal pleiochasium, rachis c. 4 cm, peduncle c. 18 mm long, bracteate at the base, the opposite pairs of pedicels also subtended by bracts;
Fruiting receptacle woody, c. 8 mm Ø.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Pa-pua New Guinea present, Southern Highlands Prov present, Star Mts present, Tari Distr present, Telefomin Dis-trict present, West New Guinea present, West Sepik Prov present
Malesia: West New Guinea (Star Mts), Pa-pua New Guinea (West Sepik Prov.: Telefomin Dis-trict; Southern Highlands Prov.: Tari Distr.).