Pouteria chartacea (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Pouteria chartacea (F. v. Mueller) Baehni
- Protologue: Boissiera 11: 59 (1965).
Synonyms
- Planchonella chartacea (F. v. Mueller) H.J. Lam (1925).
Distribution
Morotai, Kai Islands, New Guinea and north-eastern Australia.
Uses
The timber is reputed to be used.
Observations
- A small to fairly large tree up to 40 m tall with a buttressed bole up to 100 cm in diameter.
- Leaves evenly distributed or clustered at tip of twigs, obovate-spatulate, with distinct reticulate tertiary venation, glabrous on both sides.
- Flowers in 3-7-flowered clusters, borne on slender 5-8 mm long pedicels, whitish.
- Fruit ovoid or globose, 1.5-2.2 cm long, glabrous and greenish, but becoming deep red when ripe.
P. chartacea often resembles P. linggensis, but usually differs in the shape of the leaves and in the thicker tertiary venation. It grows in forest, in New Guinea often on frequently inundated localities near rivers, where it sometimes grows in almost pure stands, and it has been found up to 1100 m altitude.
Selected sources
36, 732.
Main genus page
Authors
- R.H.M.J. Lemmens (selection of species)