Palmeria montana

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Palmeria montana

Description

Woody liana to 3 m high, with slender branches covered with a greyish indumentum of minute stel-late hairs. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate or broadly ovate, 1.8-4.7 by 0.6-2.5 cm, chartaceous, base cuneate or rounded, apex curving into an acute apicu-lum, midrib slightly channeled above, prominent be-low, lateral veins rather obscure, upper surface of mature leaves glabrous or with sparse remnants of small stellate hairs, lower surface covered with a dense fine greyish white felt of stellate hairs; Inflorescence:

Distribution

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

Notes

Known only from the vicinity of Murray Pass. Features which distinguish this small-leaved montane species from P. schoddei are given under that species.
The flowers are described as cream, and the drupes brown on a red receptacle.

Citation

PHILIPSON 1982 – In: Blumea: 95