Hugonia jenkinsii
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Description
Liana to 40 m, rarely small tree to 3 m, or climbing shrub, up to 10 cm diam.
Leaves glabrous (rarely some hairs on midrib), narrowly elliptic to obovate, sometimes broadly elliptic or ovate, sometimes asymmetric, (6-)ll-27(-36) by (1.6-)3-9.5 (-11) cm;
Stipules entire, obtuse to acute, with or without glandular teeth, persistent or sometimes caducous, sometimes only present as a glandular tooth, subulate or triangular, 0.5-0.8 by 0.2-0.8 mm.
Inflorescence an axillary or terminal compound panicle, sometimes a raceme;
Flowers heterodis-tylous, 7-9 by 5-9 mm.
Sepals ± orbicular to transversely broadly elliptic, (1.8-)2-3(-4) by 2-4(-4.5) mm, shortly connate to free, appressed but patent in fruit, outer 2 smaller and thicker.
Petals recurving during anthesis, narrowly elliptic to -obovate, 6-9.5 by 1.5 —3(—4) mm;
Stamens shortly persistent, obdiplostemon-ous, in short-styled flowers (4.5-)4.8-6 and (5—)5.5—7.5 mm, in long-styled flowers (2.5-) 3.8-4.5(-4.8) and (3.8-)4.2-5(-5.8) mm;
Ovary 5-loculed, ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 1-2 by 0.8-1.2 mm;
Seed 1 or 0 in each pyrene, ventrally-apically attached by a short funicle, medially flattened, asymmetrically semi-ellipsoid, c. 8.5 by 3.5 mm;
Distribution
Ambon present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Ceram present, Melanesia present, New Caledonia present, Pacific: Fiji (Fiji present), Solomons present, W. Pacific present
W. Pacific (Fiji), Melanesia (Solomons, New Caledonia), Queensland; in Malesia: New Guinea, Moluccas (Ceram, Ambon). .