Rhyticaryum rotundatum

Primary tabs

Rhyticaryum rotundatum

Description

Treelet. Branchlets glabrous or a little hairy. Leaves oval, apex broadly and gradually acuminate, tip bluntish, base rounded, thick-pergamaceous, glabrous, shining, green in dry state above, paler beneath, 10-16.5 by 4-8 cm, nerves c. 6 pairs, looping, not much prominent, reticulation fine.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Sepik R. area present
Malesia: New Guinea (Sepik R. area), once found.

Notes

Translation from the original Latin description, as the type material is lost.

Citation

SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 251