Cupaniopsis stenopetala
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Description
Trees 3.5-25 m high, dbh 10-35 cm, bole flanged all the way up;
Leaves (3-)4-6(-8)-jugate;
Inflorescences axillary, 5-20(-34.5) cm long, with long or short, patent branches, tomentose, glabrescent, laxly flowered;
Sepals white to brown, persisting, outside appressed-hairy except rim, margin ciliate and with glands, inside appressed-hairy, outer elliptic to triangular, 1-2.9 by 0.8-2.2 mm, scarious rim narrow, inner elliptic to orbicular, 1.6-3.5 by 0.8-2.9 mm, scarious rim wide, irregularly dentate at apex.
Petals cream to pink, elliptic to obovate, 0.8-2.9 by 0.5-2.2 mm, glabrous or appressed-hairy in basal part on both sides, margin ciliate, sometimes (Schlechter 14436) with an apical tuft of hairs;
Stamens 8, exserted;
Ovary 3-celled;
Fruits yellow to reddish brown, globular, 9-15 by 10-15 mm;
Seeds 9-10 by 6-8 mm, basal-ly attached, testa shiny black;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present), Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Moluccas, Papua New Guinea.
Notes
1. Plants from lower altitudes are more appressed-hairy and have wider leaflets than those from higher altitudes.
Schlechter 14436, 19201 have elliptic leaflets and small flowers. Conn & Kairo 454 has (in part) entire leaflets, large flower buds and flowers. The septum of the fruits of Hoogland & Craven 10129 is sparsely hairy. In Brass 7769 the inside of the fruit wall is thinly appressed-hairy, the septa are almost glabrous.
Brass 32366 with (in part) entire leaflets, petals with a claw of 0.4-0.6 mm, and a reticulate instead of a rugulate ornamentation of the pollen grains, probably belongs to the present species. As does UPNG 8098 which is larger in most parts than all other specimens.
Schlechter 14436, 19201 have elliptic leaflets and small flowers. Conn & Kairo 454 has (in part) entire leaflets, large flower buds and flowers. The septum of the fruits of Hoogland & Craven 10129 is sparsely hairy. In Brass 7769 the inside of the fruit wall is thinly appressed-hairy, the septa are almost glabrous.
Brass 32366 with (in part) entire leaflets, petals with a claw of 0.4-0.6 mm, and a reticulate instead of a rugulate ornamentation of the pollen grains, probably belongs to the present species. As does UPNG 8098 which is larger in most parts than all other specimens.