Alyxia arfakensis
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Description
Reported as an erect shrub (see note).
Branchlets weakly angled, sparsely lenticellate or not, sparsely to densely and minutely puberulent, sometimes glabrescent.
Leaves in whorls of 3, coriaceous or subcoriaceous;
Inflorescence axillary, a simple unbranched pleiochasium or with 1 or 2 internodes and unbranched side branches, delicate, sparsely to densely puberulent, 0.8-3 cm long;
Sepals ovate, c. 1.1 by 0.6-0.7 mm, 1.6-1.8 times as long as wide, apex obtuse or acute, ciliate, glabrous or sparsely puberulent on centre line or all over.
Stamens inserted at 1.2-1.8 mm from corolla base which is 0.46-0.56 of tube length;
Ovaries 0.5 mm high, glabrous or pubescent in tuft between carpels;
Fruit stalks 1.9-2.2 mm long;
Seeds c. 8.7 by 4.8 by 4.2 mm.