Garcinia squamata Lauterbach (1922: 21)

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 : 46-47

Garcinia squamata Lauterbach (1922: 21) .

Lectotype (designated here):— INDONESIA Papua, Arfak Mountains, 29 April 1912, Gjellerup 1167 ( BO!).

Small tree to 4 m tall. Exudate yellow. Twigs round to slightly angled, pale grey-brown to brown. Petiole blackish, weakly channelled on the adaxial surface, to 1 cm long. Lamina thickly leathery, obovate, 3–5 × 1.8–3 cm, apex nearly round, base acute; margin entire and revolute; midrib flattened or weakly raised above and raised below, especially near the petiole; secondary veins very fine, inconspicuous below, camptodromous; tertiary veins inconspicuous. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, flowers solitary; sepals and petals 4. Male flowers not seen. Female flowers with stout pedicel, to 9 mm long; sepals unequal in size, two outer larger, concave or nearly round, to 6 mm long; petals yellow, broadly elliptic, to 9 mm long; ovary 4–6 × 4–5 mm; stigma black, rugose; staminodes not present. Fruit Unknown.

Distribution and Habitat:—Montane forest at 1900 m in New Guinea.

Taxonomic Notes:—Represented only by female specimens in very young fruit which are difficult to assign to section. Original material at B was destroyed during the Second World War.