Myristica carrii
Description
Tree 3-7 m.
Leaves membranous, oblong(-lanceolate) or lower half sometimes ± tapering, 25-45 by 5-13 cm, base narrowly rounded or (long-)cuneate, apex acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences in male: several crowded at the end or along lateral short-shoots 1-3 cm long (always?), with caducous cataphylls, and with apical leaf bud, below the leaves, peduncle 5-10 by 1-2 mm, ± flattened, hairs dense, pale brown, appressed, 0.1 mm or less;
Fruits 1 or 2 together, sometimes crowded and then infructescence appearing more-fruited, (ellipsoid-)oblong, 4-5 by 1.5-2 cm, ± fusiform, apex and base narrowed into 3 mm beak and pseudostalk, hairs dense, rusty, (0.2-)0.5 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Morobe present, Northern Prov present, Papua New Guinea endemic
Malesia: Papua New Guinea ( Morobe&Northern Prov.); a local endemic.