Cecarria obtusifolia (Merr) Barlow

Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina obovate, 3-5.5 by 2-4.5 cm, cuneate at the base to an obscure petiole 2-6 mm long, rounded at the apex, dull on both sides; venation pinnate with the midrib and the main laterals distinct on both sides. Inflorescences few at the nodes, developing successively, a 2-fiowered umbel or produced into a 4-fiowered raceme or spike; axis 6-9(-20) mm long; pedicels 0-3 mm long, the lower ones often shorter when the inflorescence is prolonged into a raceme. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, 10-14 mm long, cylindric, weakly clavate and obtuse at the apex, white to pale creamy green; petals reflexed near the middle at anthesis. Anther ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long, with a short sterile tip, on a free filament c. 2 mm long. Fig. 15.

Grows in rainforest; parasitic on Syzygium and Xanthostemon .