Daphniphyllum woodsonianum

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Daphniphyllum woodsonianum

Description

Erect densely-leaved shrub or tree, c. 2 m high. Leaves verticillate or subverticillate; blades obovate, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, apex rounded, rarely emarginate to mucronulate, base obtuse, 4-7 by 2.5-4.5 cm, margins entire, coriaceous, thick-leathery, shining, smooth, brown on both surfaces, midrib whitish, lateral veins 7-9 pairs, thin, elevate-reticulate beneath; petioles broadly triangular, very short, thickened at the base.

Distribution

Northern part present
Malesia: Sumatra (Northern part)..

Notes

This species is similar to D. scortechinii except for the subsessile and sub- verticillate arrangement of the leaves and the absence of a calyx in the staminate flowers.

Citation

T.C. Huang 1966: p. 199. – In: Taiwania: f. 38