Garcinia lucens Pierre (1883b

Nazre, M., Newman, M. F., Pennington, R. T. & Middleton, D. J., 2018, Taxonomic Revision of Garcinia Section Garcinia (Clusiaceae), Phytotaxa 373 (1), pp. 1-52 : 46

Garcinia lucens Pierre (1883b : xxxvii).

Type:— INDONESIA East Kalimantan, Borneo, 1879, Korthals s.n. (Holotype L; isotypes: BO! P!) .

Tree: size not known. Exudate: not known. Twigs slightly angled, pale brown to cream. Petiole stout, transversely striate, angled, 1.6–2 cm long. Lamina thinly leathery, elliptic to ovate, 12.5–16 × 4.9–7.7 cm, apex acute with a blunt apex, base broadly acute to obtuse; midrib flattened to slightly raised above, raised and pointed below; margin entire and weakly revolute; secondary veins brochidodromous. Glands fine, in wavy longitudinal lines, running nearly parallel to the midrib. Inflorescences terminal, only males known, in clusters of 3–10 flowers; sepals and petals 4. Male flowers:[in bud] with pedicel longer than petiole, to 25 mm; sepals ovate to broadly elliptic, 3.6–4 × 2.8–3.1 cm; petals oblong-elliptic, 3–3.5 × 5.5–6.2 cm; stamens in an annular mass, surrounding half of the pistillode; pistillode a slender fungiform shape, tipped by a 4-lobed cap; anthers 2-thecous. Female flowers not seen. Fruit Unknown.

Distribution and Habitat:—Lowland forest in East Kalimantan.

Taxonomic Notes:—This species is represented by several collections by Korthals of male and sterile specimens, possibly from one locality in Kalimantan. No other specimens have been found. Although it has the distinct character of a long pedicel, the male flower is still in bud making it difficult to study.