Gonocaryum cognatum
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Description
Shrub or treelet, (1-)2-6 m, practically glabrous;
Leaves ovate- or oblong-elliptic, sometimes ovate, apex subabruptly and for 1-2 cm obtusely subacumi-nate or apiculate, base ± rounded, slightly inequilateral, coriaceous, lucid green above, much paler beneath, 15-20(-30) by 8-12(-18) cm, midrib grooved only in the lower part above, strongly raised beneath, nerves 4-5(-6) pairs, the lower 2 (or 3) pairs usually closer together than the upper ones and found in about the lower third of the lamina, curved-ascending and +- looping, slightly raised above, more distinctly so beneath, reticulation of veins and veinlets dense and finely prominent on both faces;
Petals united to their lower ¾ into a tube, white, c. 5 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Dinagat I present, E. and NE. Borneo present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Panay present, Samar present, Sorsogon present, Sulu Arch present
Malesia: E. and NE. Borneo, Philippines (Luzon: Sorsogon; Samar, Leyte, Panay, Dinagat I, Mindanao, Sulu Arch.).