Semecarpus brachystachys
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Description
Tree 5-25 m high and 8-47 cm Ø, sometimes myrmecophilous.
Bark grey or light brown, flaky.
Leaves spaced, spiral, subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, or elliptic, 15-55 by 11½-18 cm;
Flowers greenish white or yellowish.
Petals imbricate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 2¼-4½ by 1-3 mm, puberulous outside, with 15-20 longitudinal veins.
Stamens c. 3 mm;
Panicles terminal, up to 32 cm long, pubescent;
Ovary dome-shaped, 3-3½ mm Ø, densely pubescent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Choiseul present, Gizo present, Guadalcanal present, Japen I present, Kolombangara present, Lorentz R present, Malaita present, Manokwari present, Milne Bay Distr present, Morobe Distr present, Nabire present, San Cristoval present, Santa Ysabel present, Sepik Distr present, Solomon Is present, Uta present, Vella Lavella present
Solomon Is. (Choiseul, Vella Lavella, Gizo, Kolombangara, Santa Ysabel, Guadalcanal, Malaita, San Cristoval) and Malesia: New Guinea (Nabire, Manokwari, Japen I., Lorentz R., Uta, Sepik Distr., Morobe Distr., Milne Bay Distr.).