Harpullia rhachiptera

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Harpullia rhachiptera

Description

Shrub, less than 1 m high, to treelet up to 3 m high. Leaves 3- or 4-jugate; Inflorescences axillary, simple or slightly branched, up to 3.5 cm long, few-flowered; Sepals elliptic or (outer) ovate, 4.5-5.5 by 2.5-3 mm, in fruit semipersistent. Petals oblanceolate, c. 9 by 2 mm, white, glabrous. Stamens 5 or 6; Fruits broad-ellipsoid to subglobular, 14-22 by 18-20 mm, red, base obtuse to truncate, short-stipitate, apex (sub)emarginate; Seeds black with a yellow to orange arillode.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Vogelkop Peninsula present, Western Prov present
Malesia: New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula, Western Prov.).

Notes

The present species seems on the one hand to be allied with the Australian H. fruticosa group, especially with H. rhyticarpa, and on the other hand with H. cupanioides.

Citation

Radlk. 1934 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1440
Verde 1977 – In: Kew Bull.: 223
Leenh. & Vente 1982 – In: Blumea: 23