Gomphandra dolichocarpa

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Gomphandra dolichocarpa

Description

Tree or treelet. Branchlets densely short-hairy in youngest parts. Leaves oblong, rarely elliptic-oblong, apex rather suddenly narrow-acuminate for 1-2 cm, tip bluntish, base cuneate to the petiole, a little inequilateral, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, olivaceous to brown above, paler beneath when dry, (12-)16-25 by 5-8 cm, glabrous above, hairy at midrib and nerves, glabrous otherwise beneath, nerves 10-12 pairs, the lowest pair generally more steeply ascending than the other ones, all nerves markedly looping before the edge, generally a little impressed above, raised beneath, transverse veins finely prominent beneath, no reticulation;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Eastcoast present
Malesia: Sumatra (Eastcoast).

Citation

DAHL 1952 – In: J. Arn. Arb.: 268
SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 199