Dendrophthoe trichanthera

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Dendrophthoe trichanthera

Description

Glabrous except for the inflorescence and flowers and sometimes the leaf undersur- face densely rusty stellate hairy. Leaves opposite or scattered; lamina ovate, 3-9 by 1.5- 4.5 cm, cuneate or attenuate at the base to a petiole 5-15 mm long, obtuse or shortly rounded at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib and the main laterals distinct above and prominent below. Inflorescences at the nodes, a 4-6-flower- ed more or less subumbellate raceme; axis 4-10 mm long; pedicels 3-5 mm long, dilated upwards.

Distribution

Fly River area present
Malesia: New Guinea (Fly River area)..

Citation

Barlow 1981 – In: Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea