Weinmannia pullei
Description
Shrub or tree (1.75-)4-27 m high, up to 30 cm dbh, rarely epiphytic.
Leaves imparipinnate with 1-6(-10) pairs of lateral leaflets;
Stipules ligulate to ± orbicular or reniform, up to 0.8 by 1 cm.
Inflorescence usually of 2 dyads, the apical bud of main stem sometimes aborting or continuing to grow vegetatively, or rarely of 2 or 4 individual racemes;
Flowers mostly unisexual, sometimes bisexual;
Capsules with valves 3-4.5 by 2.5-2.8 mm at dehiscence;
Seeds c. 1 mm long, bearing hairs all over surface, longest at ends.
Morphology
1 Weinmannia pullei appears most closely related to the largely sympatric W. urdanetensis; however, it has rather few, obovate leaflets while W. urdanetensis usually has more numerous elliptic or oblong ones; the leaflets also differ in their angle of insertion. These two species share the following characters: inflorescence primarily of dyads; floral bracts often persisting to fruiting stage; flowers usually unisexual but sometimes bisexual; fruits with the valves densely pubescent; seeds with hairs all over their surface (not confined to the ends). The structure of the inflorescence is particularly variable in W. pullei.
2. A few collections from Irian Jaya (Wissel Lakes and Vogelkop) with largely tri-foliolate leaves are provisionally placed here although they may prove to be distinct.