Commersonia obliqua

Commersonia obliqua is a shrub or tree that typically grows to a height of 3–15 m (9.8–49.2 ft), its branchlets covered with soft, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped, 50–177 mm (2.0–7.0 in) long and 18–62 mm (0.71–2.44 in) wide on a petiole 4.0–11.5 mm (0.16–0.45 in) long with narrowly triangular stipules 2.6–6 mm (0.10–0.24 in) long at the base. The flowers are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in diameter with five petal-like sepals, the lobes broadly egg-shaped, 1.3–2.0 mm (0.051–0.079 in) long, and five petals 2.5–3.3 mm (0.098–0.130 in) long with a ligule 1.7–2.0 mm (0.067–0.079 in) long on the end. Flowering occurs from April to September and the fruit is a bristly capsule 27–32 mm (1.1–1.3 in) in diameter.[2]

Commersonia obliqua was first formally described in 2005 by Gordon P. Guymer in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens collected near Undine Bay in 1928.[1][2] The specific epithet (obliqua) refers to the oblique leaf bases.[2]

This commersonia grows in tropical lowland rainforest in Vanuatu.[2]