Myristica argentea

Myristica argentea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Myristica
Species: M. argentea
Binomial name
Myristica argentea
Warb.

Myristica argentea is a tree that grows in the primary rain forests of Papua New Guinea. The leaves are simple and spiral. The petiole is stout, cracked transversally, channeled, and 2.8cm long. The blade is glossy, 20cm × 6.4cm – 13.5cm × 5.6cm – 19cm × 6cm, elliptic, acuminate at the apex in a tail, and shows 13–18 pairs of secondary nerves. The inflorescences are 4.5cm-long racemes. The fruits are globose and 6mm long.

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