Elattostachys goropuensis

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Elattostachys goropuensis

Description

Trees, 30 m high. Leaves 3-jugate; Inflorescences 7 cm long, in fruit 11-15 cm long; Flowers green. Sepals elliptic or triangular, 1.9-2.5 by 0.9-1.4 mm. Petals 1.1-1.4 by 1-1.1 mm, shortly appressed-hairy on both surfaces, claw c. 0.2 mm long, auricles woolly. Fruits pink-scarlet, ellipsoid, rounded-deltoid in cross section, 25-30 by 20-25 mm, wall 2.5-2.9 mm thick, outside glabrous. Seeds black, sarcotesta small, basal, purple.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Northern Prov present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Northern Prov.).

Notes

Only known from the type specimen.