Horsfieldia laevigata var. novobritannica (J.Sinclair) W.j.de Wilde

Variety

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Characteristics

Twigs 2-6(-8) mm diameter. Leaves (12-) 17-30 by (3-)5-8 cm. Inflorescences with rather dense woolly indumentum of hairs 0.3-0.5 mm long. Male flowers: buds 1.8-2 by 2.2 mm, cleft c. 4/5; thecae c. 28, almost completely filling the perianth, free apices 0.4-0.6 mm; column hollow for c. 9/10. Infructescences up to 8 cm long. Fruits broadly ellipsoid to almost globose, 18-22 by 16-20 mm, drying grey-brown, with coarse wartlike lenticels; pericarp rather hard, 2-3(-5) mm thick.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

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Distribution

Horsfieldia laevigata var. novobritannica world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924259-1
WFO ID wfo-0001388849
COL ID 5PDZK
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Synonyms

Horsfieldia novae-lauenburgiae Horsfieldia hellwigii var. novobritannica Horsfieldia laevigata var. novobritannica