Sarcopetalum harveyanum F.Muell.

Leaves with petioles 4-10 cm long inserted almost at or up to 3 mm from the basal margin of the lamina; lamina broadly ovate or deltoid-ovate, base deeply or shallowly cordate, apex acuminate or obtuse, apiculate at the tip, 9-15 by 7-12 cm, reticulation prominent on both surfaces, glabrous, papyraceous. Male inflorescences c. 4 cm long, minutely puberulous, bearing minute, narrowly lanceolate bracteoles, 2 mm long. Male flowers with pedicels 2-3 mm long; sepals ± triangular, c. 1 mm long, margin irregularly dentate; petals very fleshy, ± broadly cuneate, 2 mm long, 1.5 mm thick; synandrium 1.5 mm long. Female inflorescences A-\6 cm long. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male; staminodes minute, 0.5 mm long; carpels semi-ovoid, 1.5 mm long. Drupe red, glabrous; endocarp 6 by 5 mm, dorsally covered with numerous, ± scat-tered sharp points, these sometimes partly arranged in transverse rows.

Whereas the Papuan collections have been found at low altitude, the Queensland ones are found montane (1000-1200 m). All are recorded from 'rain-forest', but the Papuan localities are subject to a seasonal climate. Fr. Sept., Jan.