Crudia papuana
Description
Tree 12-24 m high and 35-50 cm in diam.; buttresses thick, steep, to c. 1 m high.
Leaves usually with 2 opposite leaflets, or sometimes 1-foliolate, petiole 4-11 mm, glabrous, glossy, ending in a subulate tip (c. 4 mm long).
Stipules minute, caducous.
Inflorescences in upper axils or terminal on lateral shoots, up to c. 15 cm long, moderately flowered, often with many fasciculate, linear bud scales or bracts at the base, the rachis glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulous; bracts and bracteoles minute, triangular, 0.5-1.5 mm long; pedicels short, 2-3 mm, glabrous.
Flowers cream white or very pale green, scented.
Stamens 10, c. 5 mm, glabrous.
Seeds slightly reni- form, 3-5 by 5-7.5 cm, flat, reddish brown.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Irian Jaya: Asmat region; Papua New Guinea: Western & Gulf Provinces present, New Georgia present
Solomon Islands (New Georgia); in Malesia: New Guinea (Irian Jaya: Asmat region; Papua New Guinea: Western & Gulf Provinces).