Kibara novobritanica

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Kibara novobritanica

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Description

Small tree up to 16 m high, glabrous. Leaves ob-long to broadly elliptic, 16-20 by 7.5-10 cm, chartaceous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex with a short obtuse (or occasionally acute) apiculum, entire, midrib prominent, principal veins arched ascending and meeting near the margin; Inflorescences terminal, axillary or supra-axillary, short pleiochasia often densely aggregated together at the nodes, rachis short (up to 30 mm long) with a few pairs of lateral branches which may branch again, pedicels thickened for about 10 mm below the receptacle.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, New Ireland present, Papua New Guinea present, W. & E. New Britain present

Malesia: Papua New Guinea (W. & E. New Britain; New Ireland).

Notes

Confined to New Britain and New Ireland, and the only species of Kibara known from that region. The thickened pedicels are characteristic. The ripe drupes are black on an orange torus.