Gomphandra apoensis

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Gomphandra apoensis

Description

Tree, 15-20 m, trunk up to 45 cm ø. Branchlets puberulent distally. Leaves oblong, apex short-acuminate, tip often bluntish, base broadly attenuate to roundish, subcoriaceous, rather dark brown when dry especially above, initially sparsely set with short ± appressed pale hairs at midrib and nerves beneath, glabrous with age, 6-13 by 2.5-4.5 cm, nerves 5-7 pairs, rather straight, obscurely inarched before the edge, slightly raised beneath, net of veins coarse and rather obscure;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Bohol, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Negros present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao; possibly also Bohol).

Citation

HOWARD 1940: p. 487. – In: J. Arn. Arb.: t. 1, f. 11-14
SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 198
DAHL 1952 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 268