Melodinus densestriatus
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Description
Large woody climber into forest canopy.
Branchlets puberulent to glabrous.
Leaves:
Inflorescence axillary, 3-4 cm long;
Sepals ovate, 1.3 by 1.2-1.3 mm, 1-1.1 times as long as wide, apex obtuse to rounded, puberulent ciliate.
Stamens inserted at 2.2-2.4 mm from corolla base which is 0.3-0.4 of tube length;
Ovary 1.1-1.3 mm high;
Taxonomy
This species differs from M. baueri, into which it has previously been synonymised, in the dense pubescence on the outside of the corolla tube and the globose corolla bud head. In M. baueri, which is endemic to Norfolk Island, the corolla is glabrous and the bud head is ovate. Specimens from Borneo previously attributed to M. baueri are Willughbeia angustifolia.