Myrsine nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet

Myrsine nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet

Frutex vel arbor glabra; foliis vix coriaceis ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis maxime 25 × 11 cm, apicibus et basibus acutis subvenulosis utrinque punctatis, petiolis 7–15 mm longis 2–10 mm latisque in sicco; fructibus magis 15–20 mm diametro pedicellis 2–3 mm longis.

Glabrous shrub or tree up to 10 m tall, branchlets 3–5 mm thick; cataphylls ovate strongly acuminate, up to at least 7 mm long; leaves thin coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, large, up to 25 cm × 11 cm (mostly 15–20 × 6–8 cm, except Hallé 2077a, which has much smaller leaves, narrowly elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 10–14 × 3–4 cm, petiole 9–12 mm), acute at both ends, apex blunt, blade somewhat black-punctate on either side, veins not very prominent, 5–15 mm apart, proximately curving downward to fuse with midrib, some weaker ones between, anastomosing distally into a looping submarginal vein from 3 to 10 mm from margin, network of 2–3 orders of prominence between veins, petiole 7–15 mm long, 2–10 mm thick when dried; dried fruits on pedicels 2–3 mm long, subglobose, to 6 mm long, somewhat narrower when dry (only present on no. 2214, on label said to be red, 1.5–1.7 cm diameter when fresh; in no. 2180, said to be bright red, 2 cm, seeds 5 mm diameter).

Possibly related to M. longifolia Nadeaud of Tahiti, but differs in the much larger fruit, as well as generally smaller leaves.

SPECIMENS SEEN.—Marquesas Islands: Nukuhiva I.: s. slopes of Mt. Tapuaooa, Gillett 2180 (BISH, US);Toovii Valley near Tapuaooa shelter, 900 m, Gillett 2214 (BISH, US, type, P); Ooumuu Mt., 3500 ft [1160m], Mumford & Adamson 581 (BISH); plateau de Tovii, savane, Hallé 2077a (US).

Myrsine nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet

Myrsine nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet, Smithsonian Contr. Bot., 21:9, 1975.

Glabrous shrub or tree up to 10 m tall, branchlets 3–5 mm thick; cataphylls ovate strongly acuminate, up to at least 7 mm long; leaves thin coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, large, up to 25 cm × 11 cm (mostly 15–20 × 6–8 cm, except Hallé 2077a, which has much smaller leaves, narrowly elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 10–14 × 3–4 cm, petiole 9–12 mm), acute at both ends, apex blunt, blade somewhat black-punctate on either side, veins not very prominent, 5–15 mm apart, proximately curving downward to fuse with midrib, some weaker ones between, anastomosing distally into a looping submarginal vein from 3 to 10 mm from margin, network of 2–3 orders of prominence between veins, petiole 7–15 mm long, 2–10 mm thick when dried; dried fruits on pedicels 2–3 mm long, subglobose, to 6 mm long, somewhat narrower when dry (only present on no. 2214, on label said to be red, 1.5–1.7 cm diameter when fresh; in no. 2180, said to be bright red, 2 cm, seeds 5 mm diameter).

SPECIMENS SEEN.—Nukuhiva I.: s. slopes of Mt. Tapuaooa, Gillett 2180 (BISH, US); Toovii Valley near Tapuaooa shelter, 900 m, Gillett 2214 (BISH, US, P); Ooumuu Mt., 3500 ft [1100–1200 m], PES (M & A) 581 (BISH, LeB); plateau de Tovii, savane, Hallé 2077a (US).

Myrsine nukuhivensis is a species of plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a shrub or tre endemic to the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

Myrsine nukuhivensis là một loài thực vật thuộc họ Myrsinaceae. Đây là loài đặc hữu của Polynésie thuộc Pháp.