Lasianthus cyanocarpoides Valeton

36. Lasianthus cyanocarpoides Valeton View in CoL

Lasianthus cyanocarpoides Valeton (1927) View in CoL 108; Merr. & L.M. Perry (1946) 219. — Type: Schlechter 17805 (holo S; iso K, L), Papua New Guinea, Kaiser-Wilhemsland, 1000 m, 29 May 1908 .

Shrubs to treelets, up to 2 m high; branchlets terete, c. 3 mm diam, densely hirsute, dark-brown when dry. Leaves: blades oblong-elliptic, rarely obovate, 10–15 by 4–6 cm, coriaceous, glabrous above except hirsute hairs on midrib, hirsute beneath, apex cuspidate to cuspidate-caudate, base cuneate, slightly asymmetric, nerves 9–13 pairs, flat to slightly depressed above, prominent beneath, ascending at an angle of c. 60°, curved to the margin, nervules obscure above, prominent beneath, subreticulate; petioles 5 – 8 mm long, densely dark-brown-hirsute. Stipules linear-lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, up to 8 mm long, hirsute, cadulous. Cymes sessile; bracts numerous, hirsute, outer ones with a midrib, leaf-like, lanceolate, up to 1.5 cm long, hirsute, inner ones smaller, lanceolate to linear. Flowers sessile; calyx obconical, c. 2 mm long, densely long-hirsute, lobes 5, subulate, c. 1 mm long; corolla tube c. 5 mm long, hirsute, lobes 5, triangular, c. 3 mm long, hirsute. Drupes subglobose, c. 3 mm diam, hirsute; pyrenes 5, smooth on the abaxial face.

Distribution — Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.