Guioa venusta
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Description
Small tree, 2-2.5 m high.
Branchlets sericeous when young;
Leaves 4-9-jugate;
Inflorescences axillary, unbranched to branching basally and along the terete, pilose, 1.9-5.4 cm long axis;
Flowers in bud.
Sepals 5, ovate, margin pilose, with glands, outside and inside glabrous;
Petals 5, immature, 0.2-1.1 by 0.1-0.2 mm, no distinct claw yet, margin pilose, outside and inside glabrous, white;
Stamens 8;
Fruits with 1 or 2 well developed lobes, 0.7-0.8 by 0.6-0.9 cm, smooth to slightly rugose, glabrous, blackish when dry;
Seeds immature.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea (Irian Jaya present), Biak present, Japen Island present, Schouten Island present
Malesia: Irian Jaya (Schouten Island: Biak, and Japen Island).