Archidendron molle

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Archidendron molle

Description

Tree up to 32 m high, bole up to 18 m high, d.b.h. 20-35 cm. Branchlets terete, ferrugineous- ly puberulous or pilose, hollow. Leaves: Stipules glandlike, sometimes with a downwards-pointed acumen. Inflorescence borne on the trunk, puberulous or tomentellous, consisting of a branched and slender raceme, up to 3 cm long, pedicels 1.5-4(-6) mm, glabrous or puberulous. Flowers pentamerous, male and female, yellowish or white. Stamens 22-35 mm. Ovaries usually 5, much reduced in male flowers.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, NE Papua New Guinea present, W Irian present
Malesia: New Guinea (W Irian and NE Papua New Guinea).

Notes

For notes on variation see Nielsen (l.c.). Closely related to A. brevipes and A. royenii, but glands and venation different.

Citation

Verdc. 1979: Manual New Guin. Legum.: 244
De Wit 1952 – In: Reinwardtia: 88
K. Schum. & Hollr. 1889: Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land: 103
Nielsen 1984: p. 91. – In: Opera Bot.: f. 59, 60