Mapania maschalina

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Mapania maschalina

Description

Leaves coriaceous, narrowly linear, rigid, dull green, glaucescent, stramineous towards the conduplicate base, gradually narrowed into a triquetrous, very scabrous tail, up to 50 cm long, 5-7 mm wide, the upper part densely serrulate-scabrous on the margins and the prominent midnerve beneath, the lateral nerves scarcely distinct. Flowers linear, 8-10 mm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Malubok Kinabatangan present, N. Borneo present, Sandakan present
Malesia: N. Borneo (Distr. Sandakan: Malubok Kinabatangan). Only a single collection known of this remarkable species.