Steganthera parvifolia
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Description
Shrub, sometimes scandent, young branches pubescent.
Leaves oblong-elliptic to narrowly elliptic, to 14 by 6.5 cm, chartaceous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex shortly cuspidate to acuminate, margin entire or with obscure or more prominent re-mote teeth in the upper part, becoming glabrous or with slight pubescence persisting below, the veins and minor reticulations prominent below;
Inflorescences axillary or at the ends of leafy shoots, of few-flowered cymes or larger paniculate cymes, to 5 cm long, the rachis, branches and pedicels pubescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Northern present, Papua New Guinea present, Southern Distr present, Vogelkop present, West New Guinea present, West Sepik Prov present
Malesia: West New Guinea (Vogelkop, Northern&Southern Distr.), Papua New Guinea (West Sepik Prov.).
Notes
The glabrous disk-like upper surface of both male and female receptacles contrasts with the pilose outer surface, especially in dried material in which it takes on a black coloration. The material from the West Sepik Prov. has narrower leaves than the type, but otherwise conforms. The flowers are described as yellow.