Illigera novoguineensis

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Illigera novoguineensis

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Description

Leaves: petiole 4-11 cm, petiolules 0.7-2.2 cm, pubescent; leaflets chartaceous, ovate to elliptic, 5-10 by 3-7.5 cm, acumen 0.3-0.7 cm long, base cuneate, subcordate or rounded, upper surface glabrous or slightly pubescent, the midrib shortly and densely hairy, lower surface laxly pilose; domatia present; nerves 3-4(-5) pairs at angles of 40-60° with midrib. Flower buds ovoid, pear-shaped just before anthesis, 3-4 mm long. Fruits greyish brown, 2-winged and (1- or) 2-ridged; nut c. 2 cm long, wings hemi-orbicular, 2-2.5 cm diam., ridges c. 0.7 cm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Madang Prov. present, S of Madang present

Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Madang Prov., S of Madang).

Taxonomy

Only three collections known, all collected round 1900. The species is strongly resembling I. appendiculata, but the staminal appendages are different: not fissured in I. novoguineensis and dorsally fissured in I. appendiculata. See also the note under I. elegans.