Ascarina subsessilis

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Ascarina subsessilis

Description

Medium-sized, dioecious tree 15-24 m, 8-35 (-50) cm ø; Leaves elliptic or oblong-elliptic, rarely narrowly obovate, 5-14 by 3-9 cm, rounded at the apex, narrowed, rounded or subcordate at the base, shallowly crenate, rather fleshy in life, drying thick and with minutely rugulose surface, the costa sometimes dividing the leaf somewhat asymmetrically, subsessile; Inflorescences terminal, branched and occasionally a simple unbranched one from a lower node. Fruits greenish white (presumably becoming dark when ripe?), ovoid, ± congested;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Morobe present, Papua New Guinea present, Southern, Western & Eastern Highlands present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Morobe, Southern, Western & Eastern Highlands). Cf. VERDCOURT, l.c., map 1.