Sarcotheca celebica

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Sarcotheca celebica

Description

Shrub or tree, up to 35 m, 17 cm ø. Leaves unifoliolate, (3½-)6-13½ by 2-5 cm, elliptic to lanceolate, acute-cuneate, base cuneate to ± truncate, above with prominent, rather coarse venation, glabrous, subglaucous, sparsely puberulous; Sepals 1½-2 by 1-1 ⅓ mm, ovate to rectangular, acute to truncate. Petals red, 4-4 ¼ by 1-1½ mm, lanceolate, rounded to retuse. Panicles 1-2 together, 1-7 cm, erect, slender, rusty-puberulous; Fruit 8-13 by 6-9 mm, ellipsoid rounded to acutish, glabrescent, red; Seeds 4-5 by 3 mm;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Central Celebes present, Kabaena I present, Malili present, S of SE. Celebes present
Malesia: Central Celebes (Malili) and Kabaëna I. (S of SE. Celebes).

Notes

This new species is best distinguished by its lax, narrow panicles with thin rachis and the coarser and more prominent venation on the upper side of the leaf as compared with its nearest allies 5. glauca and S. monophylla.