Kibara latifolia Philipson

Shrub 1.5 m high, glabrous, with the branches prominently dilated at the nodes. Leaves broadly ovate to subrotund, 20-30 by 13-24 cm, charta-ceous to coriaceous, base broadly cuneate to trunc-ate, apex obtuse, entire, principal veins widely spaced, channelled above, prominent below, arched and meeting inside the margin, glabrous; petiole 12-18 mm long, deeply channelled above. Flowers not seen. Infructescence lateral, a subsessile umbel or compact cyme, peduncle stout, c. 2 mm long, branches (pedicels) c. 15 mm long; receptacle leath-ery, c. 10-13 mm Ø, with c. 12-16 short thick stipes. Drupes ovoid, c. 10-12 by 6-8 mm.

In dense, low forest with little undergrowth at 15 m.