Rhyticaryum racemosum

Primary tabs

Rhyticaryum racemosum

Description

Shrub or treelet, c. 1 m, up to 5 cm Ø. Branchlets slender, laxly short-strigose. Leaves oblong to subobovate-oblong, apex ± abruptly acuminate for 1-2 by 0.5 cm at base, tip subacute, base cuneate and a little decurrent to the petiole, membranous to thin-pergamaceous, greenish to yellowish when dry, sparsely setulose at midrib and part of the nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous, somewhat shining on both faces, (12-) 15-24 by (4-)5-9 cm, nerves 8-10 pairs, curved-ascending and looping, hardly raised above, distinct beneath, reticulation rather coarse, finely raised on both faces;

Distribution

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

Citation

SCHELLENB. 1923: p. 168. – In: Bot. Jahrb.: as to type
SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 252
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin.: 257