Levieria orientalis

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Levieria orientalis

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Description

Tree to 10 m, shoots glabrous except for the youngest parts. Leaves glabrous, chartaceous, broadly elliptic or elliptic, c. 5 by 2.5 cm, broadly cuneate at the base, rounded apex produced in a short obtuse apiculum; Inflorescence of terminal and lateral few-flowered cymes or flowers solitary.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Goodenough I present, Milne Bay Prov present, Papua New Guinea present

Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Prov.: Goodenough I.).

Notes

Drupes black on a yellow receptacle. The glabrous, broad elliptic leaves suggest L. nitens, but are much smaller, and their short apiculum is obtuse.