Daphniphyllum parvifolium

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Daphniphyllum parvifolium

Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high. Leaves small, fasciculate; blades narrowly oblong-obovate, apex rounded or mucronate, base cuneate, 4-9 by 1-2 cm, margins revolute, coriaceous, yellowish green above, brown and papillate beneath, lateral veins 6-9 pairs, impressed above, prominent beneath; petioles triangular, sulcate above, 7-25 cm long. Seed elliptic globose, smooth, 8 mm long, 4 mm in diameter.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon).

Notes

The species is characterized by its small, oblong-obovate leaves. It is similar to D. buchananiifolium, but differs by the narrower blades.

Citation

T.C.Huang 1966: p. 20. – In: Taiwania: f. 40.