Daphniphyllum timorianum
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Description
Small tree, 6-15 m tall, 5-20 cm diam., the outer bark smooth, light brown, 5 mm thick, living bark 3 mm thick, light brown.
Leaves fascicled at tip of branchlets; blades elliptic, narrowly elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute, acute-acuminate to cuspidate at apex, acute to obtuse at base, 5-15.5 by 2-4.5 cm, entire, green, thick-membranous, shining on both surfaces, lateral veins 6-8 pairs, veinlets reticulate, prominent on both surfaces; petioles 1.2-3 cm long, 1 mm thick.
Notes
This species is similar to D. glaucescens var. blumeanum, except for the somewhat longer shape of the blades.
Daphniphyllum plants of higher elevations such as 1700-1800 m possess smaller oblong-elliptic blades and smooth drupes while those of lower elevations such as 1100-1675 m appear to have long oblong-elliptic blades and tuberculate drupes. All of them have thick membranous blades with more or less prominent reticulate venation on both surfaces.