Prunus subglabra

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Description

Small trees up to 7 m. Leaves elliptic, 6-10 by 4-5 cm, base acute, apex shortly acuminate, coriaceous, with 6-8 pairs of nerves, venation inconspicuous» sparsely hairy when young, glabrescent, basal glands 0-2, flat or slightly hollowed but not bulging above. Stipules elliptic, c. 8 by 3-4 mm, free, keeled inside, sparsely hairy outside. Flowers only known from some old fragments. Stamens c. 45, filaments up to 3.5 mm, anthers c. 0.5 mm long. Ovary hairy, probably densely so. Fruits subglobular, 15-20 by (? 12-) 17-19 mm, exocarp with few hairs, red, endocarp sparsely hairy inside. Seed with glabrous testa.

Distribution

Luzon present, Mt Pulog present, nearby Mt Tabayog present

Luzon: only seen from Mt Pulog and nearby Mt Tabayog.

Notes

Two recent collections are both in fruit and do not add to the incomplete information on the flowers of this still badly known species, of which only three collections seem to exist, although Mt Pulog on Luzon is a well-explored place.