Steganthera insculpta
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Description
Shrub to 1.5 m high;
Leaves chartaceous, elliptic oblong or ovate, 12-21 by 5-10 cm, base rounded, apex apiculate, margin with regular, wide-spaced, small dentations;
Fruiting receptacle densely pilose.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Papua New Guinea present, Sepik region present, Telefomin present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Sepik region&Telefomin). Two collections.
Notes
This species is distinguished from densely hairy forms of S. hirsuta by the virtually sessile female inflorescences and the regular small dentations on the leaf margins. It may prove to be best regarded as a form of that species because a sterile specimen from much further to the east has leaves identical to those of the type. However, fertile specimens from the same locality with similar (but not so regularly dentate) leaves have long-pedunculate cymose inflorescences and are identified as 5. hirsuta.