Archidendron harmsii

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Archidendron harmsii

Description

Tree to 25 m high, to 40 cm in diameter. Branchlets terete, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves: Stipules and stipular glands absent. Inflorescences terminal or axillary at the distal leaves, glabrous, consisting of pedunculate umbels aggregated into panicles to 10 cm; Flowers tri- or tetra- merous, female or bisexual. Stamens white, to 40 mm, tube equalling the corolla. Ovary solitary, glabrous, sessile. Seeds black, ellipsoid, c. 15 by 10 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present, Flores present, Sumba present, Sumbawa present
Malesia: Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores).

Taxonomy

For notes on the position of this species in ser. Archidendron see Nielsen, Baretta- Kuipers & Guinet [].

Citation

v. Malm 1952 – In: Reinwardtia: 29
De Wit 1942 – In: Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg: 266
Kosterm. 1962: p. 161. – In: Reinwardtia: f. 6
Nielsen 1984: p. 78. – In: Opera Bot.: f. 47,48