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Taxonomy
Glossocalyx brevipes Benth.
Nomenclature
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Family: MonimiaceaeGenus: Glossocalyx
Species:
Glossocalyx brevipes Benth.
Media
SUMMARY
A shrub, 3.5 m high. Young branches with fascicles of short stiff hairs. Leaves oblong, long-acuminate, 20 cm long, 6.5 cm wide, obliquely cordate at the base, quite entire, glabrous above, hairy beneath especially on the nerves; petiole 5mm long. Flowers in axillary fascicles; pedicels villous1 cm long. Perianth 4mm in diam., oblique, green, pubescent outside; lip about 5 cm long, 4mm wide at the base, triangular. Carpels about 5, fusiform, hairy.