Semecarpus rostratus
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Description
Small tree up to 8 m high, or shrub 1-1½ m high.
Leaves spaced, spiral, coriaceous, elliptic, obovate, or oblanceolate, 8-22(-29) by 3½-8(-9½) cm;
Petals imbricate, ovate, sometimes elliptic, 1¾-2½ by 1-1¼ mm, sericeous outside, with c. 1 longitudinal veins.
Stamens 2½-3 mm;
Panicles terminal rarely also axillary, sometimes seemingly racemose, 6-10 cm long, pubescent;
Ovary conical, 1¼ mm Ø, velutinous;
Distribution
Alkmaar present, Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Etna Bay present, Fly R present, Gulf Distr present, Merauke present, New Britain present, Uta present, Utakwa R. to Mt Carstensz present, Utumbuwe present
Malesia: New Guinea (Etna Bay, Fly R., Utumbuwe, Utakwa R. to Mt Carstensz, Uta, Merauke, Alkmaar, Gulf Distr.) and New Britain.