Harpullia solomonensis M.Vente

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Harpullia

Characteristics

Tree, up to 18 m high, dbh up to 25 cm. Twigs and leaf axes subglabrous, infructescences thin-puberulous. Twigs 9-11 mm thick. Leaves 3-jugate, up to 75 cm long; petiole 9.5-18 cm long; petiolules (6)9-12 mm long. Leaflets ovate to elliptic, 11-42 by 6-15.5 cm, index 1.8-2.7, herbaceous to pergamentaceous; base symmetrical, acute or rounded, short-decurrent; apex tapering-acuminate, acumen long; above sparsely puberulous on midrib (and nerves), beneath glabrous; midrib and nerves above flat to slightly raised, nerves 2-3.5 cm apart; intersecondary nerves few. Inflorescences axillary to cauliflorous, densely clustered, the rachises branched at base, the axillary ones up to 4.5 cm long, those on the trunk up to 22 cm long; pedicels 8-12 mm long. Flowers without or with a strong smell, greenish-to golden-yellow; known only from remnants under the fruit. Sepals (sub)orbicular to elliptic, (3-)4-6 by 3-5 mm, persistent. Disc short-velvety. Stamens 5. Pistil 2-locular; style c. 6 mm long; ovules 1 per locule. Fruits with erect, ellipsoid lobes, (17-)23-24(-30) by (25-)28-34 mm; base broadly rounded, stipe c. 3 mm long; apex slightly emarginate; wall slightly woody, outside granulate, yellow to orange, variably minutely hairy, inside glabrous.
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Distribution

Harpullia solomonensis world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899997-1
WFO ID wfo-0000715863
COL ID 6LFPR
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Synonyms

Harpullia solomonensis