Meliosma pinnata subsp. humilis
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Description
Small to medium-sized tree, up to c. 20 m.
Leaves 3-5 jugate;
Sepals and petals glabrous.
Panicles erect, spreading, mostly rather lax and with slender axes;
Ovary glabrous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Highlands Provinces present, Madang present, Milne Bay present, Morobe present, Papua New Guinea present
Malesia: Papua New Guinea (Highlands Provinces, Madang, Morobe, Milne Bay). Common. .
Notes
subsp. humilis is closely allied to subsp. macrophylla, mainly differing by its dentate leaflets with domatia. In Papua New Guinea it replaces subsp. macrophylla mainly found below 1000 m altitude (cf. subsp. pendula from Luzon). It is remarkable that subsp. humilis has as yet been collected, even rather abundantly, only in Papua New Guinea and not in W. New Guinea.