Kibara roemeri

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Kibara roemeri

Description

A small tree, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves lance- olate or obovate-lanceolate, up to 25 by 4.2 cm, char- taceous, base broadly cuneate, apex apiculate, margin minutely dentate, midrib evident, lateral veins numerous and connected by a well-defined reticulation of minor veins, glabrous; Inflorescence and flowers unknown.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Misool present, SW. Irian Jaya present
Malesia: SW. Irian Jaya, ?Misool.

Notes

The stiff, lanceolate leaves, with sharply toothed margin are characteristic. A second collec-tion consisting of a leafy shoot only, may belong to this species. It was made by TEIJSMANN in Mysool I.

Citation

PHILIPSON 1985 – In: Blumea: 394