Phytocrene malacothrix
Placement status: name or taxon excluded (unspecific)
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Description
“Scandent.
Branchlets soft-olivaceous-tomentose in the younger parts, glabrescent below.
Leaves ovate, apex subabruptly acuminate for 1 cm, tip obtuse, base rounded, thin-chartaceous, glabrous above, softly brownish-tomentose all over beneath especially on midrib and nerves, 16-18 by 8-10 cm, midrib raised on both faces, nerves curved-ascendent, ± distinctly impressed as are the veins above (the lamina bullate in dry specimens), much raised beneath, reticulation rather dense, slightly prominent beneath only;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Boana present, Morobe Distr present
Malesia: New Guinea (Morobe Distr.: Boana), at 1030 m, once found.