Arytera densiflora Radlk.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Arytera

Characteristics

Tree 2-5 m high. Indumentum patent, críspate. Branchlets hairy when young; flowering twigs 3-5 mm thick. Leaves 2-jugate; petioles 3-9 (-18) cm long; rachis 2.5-4.5 cm long, (hemi)terete, densely hairy; petiolules 5-7 mm long, 1-grooved. Leaflets opposite, elliptic, 6.6-20.7 by 4-8.8 cm, index 1.5-3.1, not falcate, chartaceous to slightly coriaceous, (punctate), upper surface glabrous, lower surface hairy especially on major nerves, colour slightly different from above; base slightly asymmetric, basiscopic side broader (symmetric), slightly attenuate to acute; apex acuminate to cus-pidate, very apex retuse to obtuse, not mucronu-late; venation flat above, midrib slightly raised, con-colorous with lamina to slightly reddish brown, venation raised below, nerves marginally indistinctly looped, veins scalariform, lax, distinct; domatia pockets to sacs opening in front. Inflorescences axillary to pseudoterminal to ramiflorous, branching basally and along rachis; rachis terete to slightly flattened, 4.5-16 cm long, densely hairy when young; first-order branches up to 7.5 cm long; cymules dichasial to cincinnate, l-6-flowered; bracts and bracteoles narrowly triangular, bracts 0.8-1.5 rim long, bracteoles 0.5-0.7 mm long; pedicels (0.8-1.5 mm long, hairy. Flowers 1.5-3 mm in diameter. Calyx 0.9-1.3 mm high, connate up to ⅓, outside hairy, inside glabrous; teeth equal, not punctate, margin not membranous, apex acute to obtuse. Petals 5, triangular to rhomboidal to almost orbicular, 0.7-1.4 by 0.5-0.9 mm, not punctate, claw 0.1-0.2 mm long, blade abruptly decurrent into claw, margin entire, pilose, apex rounded to acute, outside subpilose, inside (sub)glabrous; scales 0.2-0.5 mm long, free, basally not to slight-ly auriculate, apex broadened, densely pilose. Disc glabrous to subpilose on rim. Stamens 8; filaments i-1.6 mm long, densely pilose; anthers 1.1-1.6 mm long, incurved, densely pilose, connective slightly protruding. Ovary 2-locular; style and stigma not lobed. Fruits not observed.
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Distribution

Arytera densiflora world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Arytera densiflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782074-1
WFO ID wfo-0000550686
COL ID H437
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Synonyms

Arytera densiflora