Horsfieldia perangusta
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Description
Slender tree, 10-12 m.
Leaves chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, 20-25 by 7-10 cm, base cuneate, apex acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences (from infructescences) on the older twigs below the leaves (twig diameter 5-8 mm), sparsely branched, glabrous (glabrescent), 1-2 cm long.
Flowers not known.
Fruits 1-3 per infructescence, ellipsoid, 25-30 by 18-20 mm, apex blunt, base rounded;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Pahang, Udu Endau Forest Reserve, compt. 285 present
MalesiaPeninsular Malaysia (Pahang, Udu Endau Forest Reserve, compt. 285), known only from the type.
Taxonomy
The present species possibly is close to H. fulva, which differs in its leaves becoming dull and finely wrinkled above on drying. Horsfieldia perangusta has conspicuously incurved blade margins, and a narrow line-shaped midnerve above. Flowers are not known. Male buds of H. fulva are conspicuously elongate, a feature uncommon in Horsfieldia.