Harpullia carrii

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Harpullia carrii

Description

Shrub or treelet, 1.8-2.4 m high. Twigs and leaf axes thin-puberulous, glabrescent, inflorescences and infructescences short-velvety. Leaves 1-5-jugate; Inflorescences restricted to the uppermost leaf axil (to the upper two axils), solitary or few together, 4.5-12 cm long, hardly to repeatedly branched from the base onwards; Sepals elliptic to broad-ovate, 3.5-5 by 2-3 mm, persistent under the fruit. Petals glabrous (known in bud only). Stamens 5; Fruits with widely spreading ellipsoid lobes, c. 1.5 by 1.25 cm, the central axis 6-7 mm high;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Central Prov., near Port Moresby present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Central Prov., near Port Moresby).

Notes

Harpullia carrii is distinctly closely allied to H. leptococca and occurs in the same restricted area. However, it has a distinctly different ecology and occurs at a higher altitude.