Kibara elongata

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Kibara elongata

Description

A shrub or small tree, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, rarely lanceolate (? juvenile); Inflorescence axillary or above the foliage leaves, paniculate with slender peduncle, rachis and branches, to 15 cm long and much branched, but often simpler and much shorter, sometimes cauliflor-ous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Jimi valley present, Papua New Guinea present, Vogelkop Peninsula to Idenburg R present, West New Guinea present
Malesia: West New Guinea (Vogelkop Peninsula to Idenburg R.), Papua New Guinea (Jimi Valley).

Notes

The coriaceous leaves with spiny teeth on the margin are distinctive. The dentations on the leaves from Jimi Valley are less spinose than the col-lections from Irian Jaya. The inflorescence may be a large diffuse panicle, or may be reduced in size but still with open branching. The flowers are yellow or orange and the ripe drupes are black, borne on an orange receptacle.

Citation

PHILIPSON 1985 – In: Blumea: 404