Amyema tetraflora

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Amyema tetraflora

Description

Glabrous except for the inflorescence and flowers sparsely tomentose. Leaves opposite; lamina broadly lanceolate to ovate, 17-25 by 7-12 cm, rounded to slightly cordate at the base to a petiole 2-4 mm long, acuminate and acute at the apex, glossy above, dull below; venation pinnate, distinct, with the main laterals incurved near the margin. Inflorescencess at the nodes and along the epicortical runners, pedunculate 4- to 6-rayed umbels of tetrads with all flowers sessile; peduncle 2-4 mm long; rays 1-2.5 mm long.

Distribution

Kairuku Subprovince present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Kairuku Subprovince).

Notes

Similar to Amyema brassii; for differences see .

Citation

Barlow 1992 – In: Blumea: 369
Barlow 1981 – In: Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea: 224