Symplocos herzogii
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Description
Small tree or leaning shrub, 4-6 m high.
Leaves pseudoverticillate, but between the whorls the scars of fallen spirally arranged leaves visible in at least one collection, rather densely hairy beneath, especially on midrib and nerves, ± elliptic, acute to acuminate with cuneate base (the very base truncate) and sharply dentate margin, 13-20 by 5-9½ cm;
Flowers in a fascicle or spike to 2 cm from the axils of the leaves or from wood.
Stamens c. 40 in ♂ flowers (according to SLEUMER l.c. absent in ♀ flowers).
Ovary glabrous, ½ -1 mm high;
Fruit globose to ampulliform, c. 8 by 6 mm, the stone ribbed.
Seed 1, curved with curved embryo.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, East New Guinea present, Morobe Distr present
Malesia: East New Guinea (Morobe Distr.).