Archidendron ptenopum

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Archidendron ptenopum

Description

Tree 9 -13.5 m high, bole up to 10.5 m high, d.b.h. up to 40 cm. Branchlets terete, slightly angular in the distal parts, glabrous. Leaves: Stipules linear- filiform, acute, c. 7 mm, caducous. Inflorescences terminal, glabrous, consisting of simple or once- branched pedunculate umbels or corymbs; Flowers pentamerous, bisexual. Stamens white, 15-17 mm, tube equalling the corolla-tube. Ovaries c. 15, sessile, glabrous. Seeds not known.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Morobe Prov present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Morobe Prov.).

Citation

Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum: 249: f. 60
Nielsen 1984: p. 96. – In: Opera Bot.: f. 66