Symplocos salicioides

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Symplocos salicioides

Description

Shrub 2 m, with pubescent twigs. Leaves faintly acuminate to sharply acute, with cuneate to rounded base, pubescent beneath, narrowly elliptic, 3½-7 by ¾-1½ cm; Stamens 15-20. Ovary with same indument as calyx, l¼ mm high; Fruit long ellipsoid, pubescent, 13 by 5 mm, only seen immature.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, East New Guinea present, Sepik area present
Malesia: East New Guinea (Sepik area, once).