Description
Plant glabrescent.
Leaves:
Fruit long-ellipsoid or pyriform, 15-22 by 5-7 cm;
Seeds brown-black, narrowly oblong, ± parallel-sided, 12-15 by 4-5 by 1-2 mm, notched on one or both ends, narrowly lengthwise grooved in the middle, edge entire or sometimes faintly crenulate.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Papua New Guinea present, West Papua present
Malesia: New Guinea (West Papua and Papua New Guinea).
Morphology
Kalkman 4401 (West Papua) differs in smaller male flowers and in thin chartaceous densely arranged male bracts. Vink 17576, Avé 4076 and Polak 850, all from low altitude in West Papua, Vogelkop, differ in ± obtriangular seeds, truncate at apex, resembling those of var. sativa.
