Kibara sudestensis

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Kibara sudestensis

Description

Shrub or small tree, c. 4 m, glabrous in all its parts, except that the buds and young foliage are covered in appressed silky hairs. Leaves narrowly elliptic, up to 17.5 by 5.8 cm, stiffly coriaceous, narrowed to a truncate base, apex narrowed or slightly apiculate, margin entire or one or a few teeth near the apex, midrib prominent, lateral veins numerous, running straight from the midrib at a slight angle, uniting near the margin; Inflorescences axillary or supra-axillary, one- or few-flowered cymes, c. 25 mm long;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Louisiades present, Papua New Guinea present, Sudest I present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Louisiades&Sudest I.).

Notes

The narrowly elliptic, rigid leaves, and the large male flowers with small kidney-shaped anthers are distinctive.