Myristica cornutiflora subsp. elegans W.j.de Wilde

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Shrub 1-2 m, or low tree to 10 m. Male inflorescences elegant, peduncle slender, 1-1.5 mm wide. Male flowers: pedicel slender, 8-15 mm, bracteole scar up to 2 mm below the apex; buds elongate, 12-20 by 2-3 mm, at apex ± triangular in section, but not with sharp edges, lobes membranous, 0.2-0.3 mm thick; androphore 3-4.5 mm, as long as synandrium. Fruits (somewhat immature) ± fusiform, 4.5-5.5 by 2(-2.5) cm, apex acute, at base with tapering pseudostalk, hairs dense, very minute, brown, scurfy, less than 0.1 mm; pericarp less than 10 mm thick.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Myristica cornutiflora subsp. elegans world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:985969-1
WFO ID wfo-0001366621
COL ID 5JTCC
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Synonyms

Myristica cornutiflora subsp. elegans