Myristica tenuivenia
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Description
Tree 10-30 m.
Leaves membranous, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, obovate-elliptic or oblong, 8-17 by 3-7 cm, base short-attenuate or rounded, apex (short-)attenuate with blunt tip;
Inflorescences (known only from female flowers and infructescences) between the leaves and below, of the Knema-type: a sessile, simple or 2-3-forked, scar-covered, woody knob-like brachyblast, 1-3 mm diameter, with hairs 0.2-0.5 mm, with a fascicle of 4-10 flowers, buds of various sizes or almost equal in size.
Fruits 1 or 2 per infructescence, broadly ellipsoid or (sub)globose, 3-4 cm long, hairs rusty, 0.2-0.5 mm, partly glabrescent;