Myristica hooglandii

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Myristica hooglandii

Description

Tree 8-27 m tall. Leaves (thickly) membranous, (elliptic-)oblong, (12—)15—35 by 3-10 cm, base attenuate or narrowly rounded, apex acute(-acuminate); Inflorescences between the leaves or (as in the type) below the leaves, arranged in 1-1.5 cm long brachyblasts ending in a small sterile leaf bud, pedunculate, glabrescent, indumentum minute; Fruits generally single, (broadly) ellipsoid or oblong, 6-8 by 4-5 cm, apex (sub)obtuse, (late) glabrescent, hairs mealy, rust-coloured, 0.5-l(-2) mm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Central present, Milne Bay Provinces present, Morobe present, Normanby Is present, Northern present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: a local endemic species of Papua New Guinea, known from Morobe, Northern, Central and Milne Bay Provinces (also Normanby Is.).

Morphology

LAE 62150 (Katik) from Central Province has exceedingly small leaves, 12-15 cm long only.

Citation

W.J. de Wilde 1994: p. 347. – In: Blumea: f. le, e'
W.J. de Wilde 1995: p. 347. – In: Blumea: 289
J. Sinclair 1978: p. 200. – In: Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea: f. 89
Foreman 1974 – In: Contr. Herb. Austral: 39