Dryadodaphne novoguineensis (PERKINS) A.C. SMITH subsp. novoguineensis var. novoguineensis
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Description
Tree to 40 or 50 m, often buttressed;
Leaves nar-rowly to broadly elliptic, sometimes lanceolate, (2-) 4-10(-12) by (0.7-)1.5 by 3.5(-4.5) cm, base trun-cate to widely or rarely narrowly cuneate, apex blunt-ly acuminate, very rarely narrowed, margin conspi-cuously undulate crenate, slightly to markedly re-curved, ± coriaceous, principal nerves ± prominent below, anastomosing towards the margin, occasion-ally with sparse glandular pits;
Inflorescences axillary, up to 35 mm long, rarely longer, glabrous or glabrescent with sparse hairs sometimes persistent on bracteoles and perianth in buds, bearing few (rarely more than 5, but up to 11 flowers) in a dichasium or a pleiocha-sium;
Flowers with peri-anth reddish (rarely entirely cream-green);
Fruiting hypanthium thickly lignified, (11-) 18—25(—35) mm long, dehiscing into 4 (rarely 2) equal valves, hairy within especially towards the rim.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Papua New Guinea present, Saruwaged Range present, Throughout the central mountains from the Hun stein Range to the Owen Stanley Range present, Torricelli Mts present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea. Throughout the central mountains from the Hun stein Range to the Owen Stanley Range, and also in the Torricelli Mts and the Saruwaged Range.
Notes
D. crassa may be distinguished from this species by its relatively broadly obtuse, frequently re-tuse leaves, generally cream-green flowers, equal whorls of tepals, two unequal whorls of stamens, broad wing-like staminal glands attached near to the base of the filament, shortly apiculate outer anthers, latrorse anther dehiscence, and shorter fruit.