Macaranga densiflora (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Macaranga densiflora Warb.
- Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. 13: 350 (1891).
Vernacular names
- Papua New Guinea: wageva (Tukwaukwa, Milne Bay Province).
Distribution
New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Uses
In Papua New Guinea, crushed leaves are applied to wounds to arrest bleeding.
Observations
A small tree up to 12 m tall; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 10-14 cm × 5-7 cm, not lobed, not peltate, stipules up to 2 mm long, caducous; male flowers in short panicles up to 8 cm long, with 3-4 stamens. M. densiflora occurs in secondary lowland forest and along streams, rarely up to 1000 m altitude.
Selected sources
21.
Main genus page
Authors
S. Aggarwal