Daphniphyllum papuanum var. tuberculatum

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Daphniphyllum papuanum var. tuberculatum

Description

Shrubs or small trees in understorey, 3-15 m high, 2-24 cm diam., outer bark grey or brown, large pustular, brown green, scrape green, inner bark light brown, yellow, blaze amber yellow, sap staining wood yellow, wood cream, white or straw-coloured, yellow, buds green. Leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, 5-20 by 3-7.5 cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margins entire, hard chartaceous, lateral veins elevated above, 9-14 pairs, not glaucous, innovations light shining green above, adult leaves green, glaucous or not beneath; petiole red, 1.3-5 cm long, 0.6-1 mm wide.

Distribution

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

Notes

The two varieties differ only by the surface of the drupes. This species is similar to Daphniphyllum glaucescens and differs only by its caducous calyx.

Citation

Barker 1981 – In: Henty, Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea 2: 37