Chisocheton cumingianus (C.DC.) Harms

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
FOREST HERBARIUM
(FHO)
T. D. Pennington: Iler orientale
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Date:	1^11/61*
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locality, Busu logging ares, nr* Lae*
Morobe* 200 ft*
£lat lowland forest*
Tree f0> • Boie ¥>f* 8irth 6f. Buttres-
ses o X 5f. Branches spreading form-
ing round crown* Bark small-scaly, pale
grcy^brown• Inner bark pale brown, no
whit© sap, Sapwood pale straw* Branches
« twigs grey & scaly, ^re spirally arr-
anged , lax, growing to 4* long, Iflets
°f?## terminal bud present A growing,
shining mid-green above, paler below*
ti P®nioles to 16” long* Axes green*
«smifiorous* K, pale green. C* pale
whitish-cream* Frt in pendulous pani-
cles, © bright red capsule splitting into
3* Pericarp orange within, containing
white sap. Seed shining brown, surround-
ed by orange aril,
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