Guioa pauciflora
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Description
Shrub to tree, 3-25 m high.
Branchlets sericeous, especially when young;
Leaves 1-jugate;
Inflorescences axillary, unbranched to branching basally on the terete, sericeous, c. 3.9 cm long axis;
Flowers in bud.
Sepals and petals 5, immature, white.
Stamens 8, immature.
Fruits with 2 or 3 well developed lobes, 1.1-1.2 by 1.1-1.2 cm, rugose, glabrous, blackish when dry;
Seeds unknown.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea (Irian Jaya present), Papua New Guinea present, Snow Mts present, W & E Sepik Prov present, central area of New Guinea
Malesia: Irian Jaya (Snow Mts); Papua New Guinea (W & E Sepik Prov.). A seemingly somewhat disjunct distribution; the central area of New Guinea is very poorly collected, however.