Platea excelsa var. microphylla Sleumer

Variety

Angiosperms > Icacinales > Icacinaceae > Platea > Platea excelsa

Characteristics

Tree up to 30 m, up to 50 cm ø. Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex obtusely short-acuminate or obtuse, base ± broadly attenuate, thin-coriaceous, (5-)6-10 by 2-3.5(-4.5) cm, nerves 6-8 pairs, rather straight to moderately curved-ascending, subparallel to and rather distant to each other, often a little depressed above, reticulation fine, rather faintly raised, sometimes obscure even beneath. Drupe 2.5 by 1-1.3 cm. Inflorescences as in var. excelsa.
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Subcanopy tree in primary montane rainforest (Conifer-Nothofagus-mossy oak forest), on slopes, 700-2200 m, scattered or sometimes rather frequent locally.
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Distribution

Platea excelsa var. microphylla world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:434513-1
WFO ID wfo-0000750644
COL ID 6VNY7
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Synonyms

Platea microphylla Platea montana Platea excelsa var. microphylla