Prunus brassii

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Prunus brassii

Description

Trees up to 25 m, or shrubs, bark pale brown. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 4-8.5 by 2-3.5 cm, base acute to obtuse, apex obtuse and often re-tuse, very hard and stiff, with 6-9 pairs of nerves, nerves and venation impressed above, venation inconspicuous underneath, both surfaces (rather) densely short hairy when young, glabrescent, basal glands usually 2, flat. Stipules narrowly triangular, 2.5-5 by 1-2 mm, free, hairy outside. Stamens 20-30, filaments up to 3.5 mm long, glabrous or hairy at base, anthers 0.5-0.8 mm long. Ovary densely hairy, style up to 2.5 mm long. Fruits transversely ellipsoid, 6-7.5 by 7-9 mm, exocarp hairy, colour unknown, endocarp sparsely hairy inside. Seed with hairy testa.

Distribution

Central present, Milne Bay present, Papua New Guinea present, S Highlands Province present
Papua New Guinea, seen from Central and Milne Bay Provinces, and with doubt from S Highlands Province.

Notes

Differs from Prunus pullei, to which it seems related, in its hairy seeds.