Vol. 1 part 2 - Species Plantarum Programme

CHRYSOBALANACEAE (Parinari)
21c. Parinari papuana subsp. whitei Prance, Brittonia 39: 369 (1987)
T: New Guinea: Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Misima Subprovince, Mt. Riu, Sudest Is., P.Katik et al.
LAE 70904; holo: L; iso: K.
Tree, unbuttressed. Leaf lamina chartaceous, 7–18 × 2.5–6.5 cm, rounded at base. Fruit when
mature c. 6.5 cm long, densely lenticellate on exterior.
Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea along northern coast from extreme west to east. 43: NWG.
Lowland rainforest and hilly forest to 400 m. Map 278.
43. NEW GUINEA: W Irian, Sidoarsi Mts, 200 km W of Hollandia, G.Iwanggin BW9052 (L); W Irian,
Oembei near Andai, SW of Manokwari, C.Koster BW11822 (L); Papua New Guinea, Sudest Is., Joe Landing,
L.J.Brass 27725 (A, BO, K, L, US); Papua New Guinea, Sudest Is., Mt. Rin, L.J.Brass 27920 (A, K, L, US);
Bernhard Camp, Idenburg R., L.J.Brass & C.Versteegh 13541 (L); Papua New Guinea, Kokoda, C.E.Carr
16479 (L, NY); SE of Lae, on coast opposite Lasanga, M.Jacobs 9583 (BISH, L, US); Buso, Lae subdistrict,
A.Kairo NGF 44202 (K, L); Gogol R., Madang Distr., P.Katik NGF46603 (BISH, K, L); Papua New Guinea,
Port Moresby Distr., Kuriva Forestry Area, H.Streimann & A.Kairo LAE51692 (K, L).
22. Parinari oblongifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 309 (1878), as Parinarium oblongifolium
Ferolia oblongifolia (Hook.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891). T: Malaya: Peninsular Malaysia,
Malacca, W.Griffith s.n.; holo: K; iso: BO.
Parinari wallichiana R.Br. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 311 (1878), as Parinarium wallichianum. T: Malaya:
Singapore, N.Wallich [Cat. no.] 7520; lecto: K, designated here.
Parinari wallichiana R.Br., in N.Wallich, Numer. List no. 7520 (1832), nom. nud.
Parinari borneensis Merr., Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 93 (1929), as Parinarium borneense. T: Borneo:
Sabah, Tawao, A.D.E.Elmer 21396; holo: UC; iso: BISH, BM, BO, BR, C, DC, DD, DS, F, GH, M, K, L, MO,
P, S, SING, Z.
Illustration: A.J.G.H.Kostermans, Reinwardtia 7: 197 (1965).
Map: G.T.Prance, Fl. Males. Ser. 1, 10(4): 660 (1989).
Tree to 40 m tall, trunk low thick buttressed to 2 m. Branches minutely tomentellous when
young, glabrescent, conspicuously prominently lenticellate. Leaves with stipules ovate to
lanceolate, acute, 3–5 mm long, pilose on exterior, early caducous; petioles 9–17 mm long,
thick, tomentellous when young, glabrescent, eglandular or glandular; lamina coriaceous,
elliptic to oblong, 14–23 × 4–9 cm, glabrous above, with stomatal cavities filled with grey
lanate pubescence beneath, shortly acuminate at apex with tip 3–13 mm long, rounded to
subcordate at base; midrib plane above, glabrous when mature except at base, prominent,
glabrescent beneath; primary veins 23–35 pairs, erect, plane above, flattened and prominent
beneath; secondary veins prominulous and parallel (±ladder-like) beneath. Inflorescences of
large spreading terminal panicles, 10–21 cm long, 7–12 cm broad; rachis and branches
yellow-grey tomentellous; bracts and bracteoles ovate, 3 mm long, early caducous.
Receptacle campanulate, slightly gibbous, 3 mm long, densely grey tomentose on exterior;
pedicels 1–3 mm long; calyx lobes ovate, acute, 1.5–2 mm long, unequal, grey tomentose.
Petals white to bluish, lanceolate to spathulate, narrowed towards base, c. 2 mm long, glabrous.
Stamens 8–10, with tooth-like staminodes opposite. Ovary pilose; style glabrous; stigma
truncate. Fruit ellipsoid, 5–9 × 3–4 cm; epicarp densely lenticellate; mesocarp 1.5–2 mm
thick; endocarp hard, thick, marbled, 7–13 mm thick, fibrous, densely lanate within.
Malesian Peninsula (S Kelantan to Johore), Sumatera, Borneo (Sabah, Kalimantan). 42: BOR,
MLY, SUM. Lowland rainforest and beside rivers or in valleys and extending to 450 m
altitude. Map 279.
42. BORNEO: Sabah, Kabili-Sepilok F. R., Enggoh BNFD7249 (K, L, SING); Sabah, Tawau Distr., mile 15
route 9, Luasong, Saikeh SAN69261 (K, L); E Kalimantan, Tidung, bb18855 (BO, L); W Kalimantan,
Sangkulirang Distr., Karangan R., NW of Sangkulirang, A.J.G.H.Kostermans 13572 (A, BO, K, L, P, SING).
MALAYA: Peninsular Malaysia, Pahang, 37.6 miles [60 km] from Kuantan to Jerantut, G.H.S.Wood 76128
(BO, K, L, PNH, SING, US); Peninsular Malaysia, Perak, King’s Collector 10422 (BO, K, L, P, SING, US);
Peninsular Malaysia, Johore, Sungai Sedili, B.H.Ngadiman SF36910 (BO, GH, K, SING); Singapore, W end
of Seletar Reservoir, J.Sinclair 8433 (E, K, L, SING, US). SUMATERA: E coast, Huta Padang, near
Continental Plantation, B.A.Krukoff 4324 (BO, BR, L, LE, MO, NY, SING, US); Tapanuli, Angkola and
Sipirok, bb3145 (BO, K, L).
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