Description
Treelets up to 6 m tall, sparingly branched, first (and second) node of (lateral) branches only with stipules.
Leaves spirally arranged, often ± tufted;
stipules (1-)1.5-6 cm long, ovate-saccate, apiculate, (sub)persistent.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Taxonomy
This species resembles F. megalophylla and can be distinguished from the latter by the (sub)glabrous lower surface and the lamina and the absence of (the tuft of) recurved bracts around the ostiole.
Citation
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 79
