Prunus versteeghii

Prunus versteeghii is a species of Prunus native to the island of New Guinea. It is a tree reaching 25 m with stronglyโ€‘smelling grey (sometimes brown) bark.[2] Its herbaceous leaves are oblong to oblongโ€‘ovate, 10 to 15 cm long and 4 to 8 cm wide, having rounded to acute bases and acute apices, and two flat basal glands. Its inflorescences have triangular hairy sepals, only about 1 mm long. The petals are elliptic to obovate, also only 1 mm long and hairy. The flowers have 35 to 45 stamens each, with 1.5 mm long filaments and 0.5 to 0.7 mm long anthers. The fruits are purplishโ€‘black when ripe, have thick mesocarps, and endocarps which are glabrous inside. Its seeds have glabrous testa.[2]

Prunus versteeghii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. versteeghii
Binomial name
Prunus versteeghii
Synonyms
  • Pygeum versteeghii (Kalkm.)

References

  1. Blumea 13: 104. 1965
  2. "Prunus versteeghii". cybertaxonomy.org. Flora Malesiana. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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