Horsfieldia ampla Markgr.

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Myristicaceae > Horsfieldia

Characteristics

Small tree 4-5 m. Twigs terete. Leaves cuneate-obovate, up to 40 by 16 cm, base ± attenuate, apex short-acuminate; nerves 16-18 pairs, straight, sharply raised beneath and connected towards the margin; petiole 1 cm long. Inflorescences on the older wood, to 25 by 10 cm, glabrescent, loosely flowered. Male flowers yellow, clavate, 4 by 2 mm (excluding pedicel?), the perianth 2-lobed, cleft to hardly 1/4. Staminal column thick; thecae to c. 20, the androphore about as long as the anthers or slightly shorter.
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Distribution

Horsfieldia ampla world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Horsfieldia ampla threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:585695-1
WFO ID wfo-0000724806
COL ID 3MQ9K
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Synonyms

Horsfieldia ampla