Decaisnina longipes

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Decaisnina longipes

Description

Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina elliptic to almost orbicular, 8-13 by 4.5-9 cm, cuneate at the base to a winged petiole 25-40 mm long, rounded at the apex, slightly glossy or dull above, dull below; venation pinnate with the midrib prominent below and the main laterals faintly visible on both sides. Inflorescencess at the nodes, a raceme of 10-14 opposite pairs of triads, these often in loose whorls of 4, with the central flower sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate; axis 35-70 mm long; peduncles of the triads 5-10 mmlong, secund; pedicels of lateral flowers 1.5-3 mm long.

Distribution

Northeastern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago present
Malesia: Northeastern New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago.

Notes

For distinction as a species and taxonomic relationships see