Daphniphyllum celebense

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Daphniphyllum celebense

Description

Branches slender. Leaves with petioles 1.5 cm long; blades elliptic, apex and base acute, 6-6.5 by 2.5-3 cm, margins strongly revolute, rough, coriaceous, upper surface shining, beneath papillose, lateral nerves 7-9 pairs. Fruits unknown.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sulawesi (Sulawesi endemic)
Malesia: endemic to Celebes (Sulawesi).

Notes

According to the original description of Rosenthal (1919), this species is related to D. macropodum and D. himalayense but differs in the size and form of leaves. For this study, the type specimen (Warburg 16903) was not available because it was destroyed during World War II. I consider it an insufficiently known taxon.