Gomphandra fuliginea (Elmer) Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Stemonuraceae > Gomphandra

Characteristics

Shrub or small tree. Branchlets with brownish-velutinous tips. Leaves lanceolate-to obovate-elliptic, apex shortly obliquely acuminate, tip bluntish, base attenuate and a little decurrent on the petiole, slightly inequilateral, subcoriaceous, lucid and glabrous above, evenly short fuligineous-pubescent and soft to the touch beneath, 7-12(-14) by 2.5-5 cm, nerves 2 or 3 steeply ascending pairs, the lowest pair from a little above the base, other pairs distant, slightly raised beneath; petiole pubescent, 6-10 by 1.5-2 mm. Flowers unknown. Infructescence pubescent, on 1 cm long peduncle, which bears 2 or 3 branches (3 mm). Drupe ± ellipsoid, slightly oblique, with 12-15 low ridges of the hard endocarp, 1.7-2 by 0.9-1.2 cm.
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In thickets, 1400-1700 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Gomphandra fuliginea world distribution map, present in Angola and Philippines

Conservation status

Gomphandra fuliginea threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434288-1
WFO ID wfo-0000705354
COL ID 7DNLL
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Synonyms

Urandra fuliginea Stemonurus fulgineus Gomphandra fuliginea