Knema stenocarpa
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Description
Tree or shrub 3-10 m.
Leaves herbaceous or chartaceous, ovate to obovate, or oblong(-lanceolate), occasionally faintly lobed in the upper part, base attenuate to subobtuse, apex acute (-acuminate);
Inflorescences:
Fruits 1 or 2 per infructes-cence, ellipsoid, apex subacute, 1.3-1.5 by 0.8-0.9 cm, with scurfy hairs 0.1 mm long or less;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Mindanao present, Sulu Is present, Zamboanga Prov present
Malesia: Philippines (Sulu Is.; Mindanao: mainly Zamboanga Prov.).
Taxonomy
Knema stenocarpa is closely related to K. glomerata, which differs in its stouter habit: thicker twigs, larger leaves with more nerves, larger male and female flowers, and different fruits, subglobose, 1.5-2.5 cm diameter. The leaves in K. stenocarpa are densely fine grey woolly beneath, and later glabrescent as compared to K. glomerata.