Myristica laevifolia

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Myristica laevifolia

Description

Tree 6-30 m. Leaves (thinly) coriaceous, (ovate-)elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 by 2-6 cm, base ± attenuate, apex acute-acuminate; Inflorescences between the leaves or below, largely of the Knema-type: a sessile sometimes up to 2.5 mm pedunculate, scar-covered brachyblast to 7 mm long, glabrescent; Fruits solitary or 2 or 3, ellipsoid-oblong, ± fusiform, 4-5.5 by (1.7-)2-2.5 cm, apex narrowly rounded or subacute, base narrowed into a pseudostalk up to 3 mm, glabrescent, hairs scurfy, 0.1 mm or less;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Central present, Eastern Highlands present, Milne Bay Prov present, Morobe present, Papua New Guinea present, Sepik present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Sepik, Morobe, Eastern Highlands, Central, and Milne Bay Prov.).

Taxonomy

This species is close to M. crassipes subsp. altemontana and M. tubiflora (for discussion, see De Wilde I.e.: 296).