Parsonsia longiloba

Primary tabs

Parsonsia longiloba

Description

Branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite; Inflorescence of axillary cymes, c. 10 cm long; Sepals ovate, 1.2-1.7 by 0.7-1.2 mm, 1.4-1.7 times as long as wide, apex acuminate, puberulent. Stamens inserted at c. 1.6 mm from corolla base which is c. 0.6 of tube length; Ovary c. 0.7 mm long; Fruit unknown.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, New Ireland present
Malesia: New Guinea (New Ireland).

Taxonomy

This species is close to P. hebetica from which it differs in its very long corolla lobes compared to the length of the corolla tube.