Archidendron syringifolium

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Archidendron syringifolium

Description

Tree to 14.5 m high, bole to 10 m high, to 25 cm in diameter. Branchlets terete, pale brown, len- ticellate, densely puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves: Stipules filiform, c. 2 mm, sericeous, early caducous. Inflorescences terminal, densely puberulous, consisting of pedunculate glomerules aggregated into a panicle to 20 by 32 cm; Flowers pentamerous, bisexual. Stamens cream, to 30 mm; Ovary solitary, subsessile, glabrous.

Distribution

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

Notes

NGF 34141 recorded by Verdcourt (1. c.: 220) as Abarema sp. probably belongs here.

Citation

Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 219