Description
Tree up to 6(-10) m tall.
internal hairs sparse and white or brownish, or absent.
Leaves spirally arranged, ± tufted;
stipules 1.5-3 cm long, partly brown (sub)hirsute or whitish strigose, (sub)persistent.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Halmahera present, Morotai present, Ternate present
Malesia: Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate), Celebes (?).
Morphology
2A sterile collection from C Celebes (Malili) probably represents this species.
1Pleyte 286 from Halmahera differs somewhat from the other collections by the relatively small and narrow laminas.
