Sphenostemon arfakensis
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Description
Shrub or small tree, 5 m.
Leaves lanceolate, to oblanceolate, distinctly acute-acuminate, rather obscurely toothed, to almost en-tire, tending to be opposite, not in pseudo-whorls, 5-11 by 1 ¾- 3 ¼ cm;
Sepals shallow-convex, not hooded.
Stamens 6.
Fruit 10 by 7 mm.
Distribution
Arfak Mts present, Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present
Malesia: New Guinea (Arfak Mts), 2 collections.
Notes
Though some dozen collections of Sphenostemon were made on the Arfak Mts, the only specimen known, besides the type (GIBBS 6003), is KOSTERMANS 2217, found near Angi Gita Lake at 1800 m.
By the stigma it resembles S. papuanus and differs from S. lobosporus, but the 6 stamens point the reverse way. By its delicate habit it differs from both.
By the stigma it resembles S. papuanus and differs from S. lobosporus, but the 6 stamens point the reverse way. By its delicate habit it differs from both.