Kibara sleumeri

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Kibara sleumeri

Description

Small tree, 3 m, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 14-20 by 6-11 cm, chartaceous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex rounded with a short apiculum, entire, principal veins prominent below and meeting inside the margin, glabrous; Inflorescences axillary or arising above the foliage leaves, at first setulose becoming glabrous at maturity, one or more few-flowered cymes arising together, peduncles slender, 15-20 mm, with basal bracts and a pair of bracts towards the middle; In fruit the peduncles and pedicels become slightly woody, c. 45 mm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Vogelkop Peninsula present, West New Guinea present
Malesia: West New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula).

Notes

The foliage is similar to that of K. moluccana, but the compact subfasciculate inflorescences of that species are distinctive. The flowers are pale yellow and the drupes black on a swollen orange receptacle.