Coriaria papuana
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Description
Spreading and much branched bushy shrubs or small trees 0.5-4 m high;
Leaves decussate, subsessile, ovate-oblong, base rounded to cordate, apex acute;
Inflorescences consisting of solitary axillary racemes 7-20 cm long, rhachis and pedicels densely beset with short white hairs;
Flowers bisexual, dark red, pink or yellow-green;
Stamens 2-3 mm long;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Chimbu present, Eastern Highlands present, Finisterre Mts present, Morobe Prov present, Mt Dickson area present, Papua New Guinea endemic, Western Highlands present
Malesia: endemic to Papua New Guinea: Western Highlands (Chimbu), Eastern Highlands, Morobe Prov. (Finisterre Mts, Mt Dickson area).