Tournefortia minutiflora

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Tournefortia minutiflora

Description

Shrub with very long, rope-like branches resting upon each other (climbing shrub?). Leaves alternate, petiole 1-2 cm long, blade (3-)6-14 by (l-)2-7 cm, ovate to ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, rounded at base, glabrous and shining on upper, asperulous with short, stiff hairs along middle nerve on lower side like petiole, nerves 8-10 on each side. Inflorescences sublateral, repeatedly dichotomously branched, with asperulous axes; branches of last order bearing flowers in two rows on their whole length, scorpi- oid, 2.5-3 cm long. Fruit not seen.

Distribution

Papua New Guinea present
Papua New Guinea, only known from the type collection.