Description
Unbranched tree up to 14 m high.
Branchlets terete, probably glabrous.
Leaves:
Stipules unknown, stipular glands present.
Inflorescence below the leaves, racemelike, simple, 3-6 cm.
Stamens and ovaries not known.
Seeds black, oblong, up to 15 by 10 mm.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Mt Carstensz present, Papua New Guinea present, Southern present, W Irian present, Western Highlands Province present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Southern&Western Highlands Province), ?W Irian (Mt Carstensz).
Notes
For notes on variation, see Nielsen (l.c.).
Citation
Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 244
De Wit 1952 – In: Reinwardtia: 87
Nielsen 1984: p. 91. – In: Opera Bot.: f. 59, 60
