Cinnamomum woulfei Kosterm.

Cinnamomum woulfei Kosterm. View in CoL

Cinnamomum woulfei Kosterm. (1970b) 75. — Type: Endert 4703 (holo BO; iso K, L), East Kalimantan, West Kutei, Telen river .

Medium-sized tree to 18 m tall, to 30 cm diam. Bark unknown. Twigs slender, angular, c. 2 mm diam, apically angular, densely hairy. Terminal buds not perulate, conical, c. 2 mm long, densely covered with curly hairs. Leaves subopposite, triplinerved, thinly coriaceous, densely covered with curly hairs below, glabrescent, remnant of indumentum always present near midrib below; blade without domatia, oblong elliptic, 10 –35 by 3 –5.5 cm, base cuneate, apex possibly acute (gnawed), tapering gradually to tip; midrib raised and prominent on both sides, c. 1 mm wide; lateral veins raised and prominent on both sides, extending to the base of leaf tip; major intercostal veins raised below, slen- der, subscalariform, c. 3 mm apart; minor intercostal reticulate, indistinct; petiole slender, terete, 6–10 mm long, c. 1 mm diam. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate-cymose with up to second order branching, 5 –14 cm long; rachis slender, 1– 2 mm broad. Flowers drying silky brown, hairy; pedicel 3 – 3.5 mm long, to 1 mm diam; hypanthium c. 1.5 mm high; perianth lobes ovate, c. 2 – 2.5 mm long, densely appressed hairy; fertile stamens c. 2 mm long, anthers 4-locular, ovoid with truncate tip, filaments 2/3 the length of the stamen; glands large, sessile, attached at the base of filaments; staminodes c. 1 mm long, hastate; ovary ellipsoid, c. 1 mm high, stigma subpeltate. Fruits unknown.

Distribution — Endemic to Borneo, known only from East Kalimantan.

Note — This species is only known from the type specimen. More material is needed, particularly the fruit, which is an important diagnostic character for Cinnamomum .