Gomphandra schoepfiifolia

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Gomphandra schoepfiifolia

Description

Tree, 7-20 m, trunk 10-30 cm ø. Branchlets puberulent at tips, becoming blackish in dry state. Leaves oblong, apex rather abruptly acuminate for c. 1 cm, tip bluntish, base cuneate, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, blackish above, brownish-blackish beneath, dull and brittle in dry specimens, 6-9(-10) by 2-4 cm, nerves 5(-6) pairs, curved-ascending, a little raised beneath, no reticulation;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Central & Mo-robe Distr present
Malesia: New Guinea (Central & Mo-robe Distr.).

Citation

SLEUM. 1969 – In: Blumea: 204