Cnesmocarpon dasyantha

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Cnesmocarpon dasyantha

Description

Trees 5-28 m high, dbh 15-30(-92.5) cm; Leaves (3-)4-5-jugate; Inflorescences axillary, 6-10 cm long, with 1 to many branches, in fruit 5.5-15 cm long; Sepals (broadly) ovate to triangular, 1.7-3.7 by 1.6-2.5 mm. Petals 2.1-2.4 by 1.2-1.7 mm, claw 0.5-0.9 mm, outside appressed-hairy at the claw, margin ciliate, inside appressed-hairy except apex; Fruits subglobular, 3-angled in cross section, 15 by 16 mm, wall at base very thick, thinning upwards, tomentose inside, but appressed-hairy by the seeds. Seeds 9 by 5 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Australasia, Central present, N Queensland, between Mt Lewis and Mt Fox present, Papua New Guinea present, Sepik present, W New Britain present, Western Prov present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Sepik, W New Britain, Central and Western Prov.); Australia: N Queensland, between Mt Lewis and Mt Fox.

Citation

Welzen 1989 – In: Leiden Bot. Series: 304
Radlk. 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1159
S.T. Reynolds 1985 – In: Fl. Austral.: 67