Harpullia camptoneura

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Harpullia camptoneura

Description

Shrub or treelet, up to 4.5 m high. Leaves 2-4-jugate; Inflorescences axillary (to pseudoterminal), solitary, 1.5-15 cm long, sparsely and laxly branched, few- (to l-)flowered; Sepals elliptic, c. 6 by 4 mm, persistent. Petals linear-lanceolate, c. 8 by 1.5 mm, white, glabrous. Stamens 5; Fruits transverse-ellipsoid, 20-25 by 25-30 mm, to subglobular, c. 2 cm in diam., the lobes erect, strongly bulging; Seeds black with a pink to bright red arillode.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, NE New Guinea present
Malesia: NE New Guinea.

Citation

Leenh. & Vente 1982 – In: Blumea: 32
Radlk. 1934 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 1446