Sabia pauciflora
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Description
Evergreen woody climber or scandent shrub, up to 20 m.
Leaves oblong to sublanceolate, 5-14 (-18)by2-6(-8)cm, index (2-)2.5-3.5(-4), above and beneath glabrous or with very few hairs on midrib, pergamentaceous;
Flowers green to yellow or white.
Sepals sometimes 6 (see bracteoles), ovate to broad-ovate, 0.75-1.25 by 0.7-1 mm, acute to obtuse, glabrous to somewhat pubescent, (sub)ciliolate.
Petals oblong, sometimes somewhat oblong-ovate, 2.5-4(-4.5) by (0.75-) 1 —1.3(—1.5) mm, (narrow-)obtuse, sometimes sub-ciliolate, nerves up to 5, sometimes dark-coloured and then conspicuous.
Stamens (l-)1.25-1.75(-2) mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present), Batjan present, Buru present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Negros present, Solomon Islands present
Malesia: Moluccas (Buru, Halmaheira, Batjan), Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Mindanao), New Guinea; Solomon Islands.