Neoalsomitra schefferiana subsp. schefferiana
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Description
Main stem base slender, 2-3 cm diam., thorns 1-2 cm long.
Fruit c. 2.5 by 0.7-0.9 cm, base shortly attenuate, when old glabrescent except at the very base;
Seeds ovate, 4.5-5 by 3-3.5 mm, faces densely sharply, rather finely tuberculate, margin (edge) finely crenulate, wing 6-7 by c. 4 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, SW Sulawesi present present, Seram present, Vogelkop Peninsula present
Known from one fruiting collection from SW Sulawesi (type); one male flowering specimen from Moluccas (Seram); sterile specimens from SW Sulawesi and New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula).