Cupaniopsis platycarpa
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Description
Trees 12-33 m high, dbh 15-55 cm, bole slightly crooked, flanged to c. 5 m;
Leaves (3-)4-6-jugate;
Inflorescences axillary, 10-40 cm long, with long and short, or only short patent branches, laxly flowered;
Sepals white to yellow, not persisting, outside appressed-hairy except rim, margin ciliolate and with small red glands, inside with some hairs at the base, outer about elliptic, 1.9-4.5 by 1.8-2.5 mm, scarious rim narrow, inner orbicular, 3.4-6.5 by 3-5 mm, scarious rim wide.
Petals white or cream, elliptic or spathulate, not clawed, apically with few teeth to almost crenate, 2.5-4 by 1.3-2.5 mm, margin ciliate, but otherwise glabrous;
Stamens 8, exserted;
Ovary 2-celled, outside velutinous;
Fruits dark yellow to golden brown, usually compressed, ellipsoid or more or less lens-shaped to obcordate, 4-8 by 4-6 cm, 2-celled, acuminate, stipe 10 mm long;
Seeds ellipsoid, 3.5-4 by 2-3 cm, attached at ⅓ from the base of the cell, testa black;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea (Irian Jaya present), Central Prov present, Jayapura Dist present, Morobe present, Papua New Guinea present, Vogelkop present
Malesia: Irian Jaya (Vogelkop and Jayapura Dist.); Papua New Guinea (Morobe and Central Prov).