Helicia schlechteri Lauterb.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Helicia

Characteristics

Treelet; branchlets slender, very young parts appressed rufous-ferrugineous-tomentose, glabrescent. Leaves lanceolate, gradually long acuminate towards the apex, subacute, attenuate at the base and ± decurrent, thinly subcoriaceous or chartaceous, glabrous, a little shining above, dull beneath, dilutely olivaceous-greenish when dry, entire, 10-18 by 2-3.5(-4) cm; midrib prominent on both faces, nerves 8-10 ± curved and ± distinctly anastomosing near the margin, slightly raised on both faces or impressed above, reticulations very dense, minutely prominent on both faces; petiole robust, flattened, 2-8 mm. Racemes axillary, lax, slender, 13-30 cm, rather densely set with very fine, appressed, rufous hairs; rhachis 1 mm diam. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, 1-1.5 mm, early caducous. Pedicels 2 mm, mostly in twos, free to entirely connate. Perianth white, slender, c. 25 mm, tube 0.6 mm diam., limb 1.5 mm diam. Anthers 1.8 mm. Disk glands free, minute, truncate. Ovary densely appressed rufous-pilose; style very slender, glabrous. Fruit not known.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Helicia schlechteri world distribution map, present in Malaysia and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704492-1
WFO ID wfo-0000718005
COL ID 3K7KQ
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Synonyms

Helicia schlechteri