Kibara carrii

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Kibara carrii

Description

A shrub, 1.75 m high, glabrous, in all its parts, the nodes dilated. Leaves broadly elliptic, up to 27 by 16 cm, coriaceous, base broadly cuneate, apex abruptly apiculate, margin coarsely dentate, midrib and lateral veins prominent below, channelled above; Inflorescence axillary or supra-axillary, cymose panicles, rachis c. 5 cm long, lateral branches c. 2 cm long, sometimes again branched, pedicels 10-12 mm, slender and slightly thickened below the receptacle. Fruiting receptacle c. 12 mm Ø.

Distribution

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

Notes

The large broadly elliptical and coarsely serrate leaves are distinctive. Similar dilated nodes are found in a few other species and also in some spe-cies of Steganthera. The flowers are described as yellow.