Lasianthus iteophyllus Miq.

Zhu, H., Roos, M. C. & Ridsdale, C. E., 2012, A taxonomic revision of the Malesian species of Lasianthus (Rubiaceae), Blumea 57 (1), pp. 1-102 : 51

62. Lasianthus iteophyllus Miq.

Lasianthus iteophyllus Miq. (1869) 247; Bakh.f. (1965) 340. —

Lectotype (designated here): Blume s.n. (lecto L, barcode L0305214 ) . Paratypes: Blume s.n. ( L,barcode L0305211 ) , Blume s.n. ( L, barcode L0305213 ), Java .

Shrubs; branchlets terete, c. 2 mm diam, sparsely hirsute, dark-brown in the youngest part. Leaves: blades lanceolate, 12–14 by 2.5– 3 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces except sparsely hirsute hairs on midrib and nerves beneath, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute, slightly asymmetric, midrib and nerves slightly prominent above, prominent beneath, nerves 10–11 pairs, ascending at an angle of 60–70°, curved to the margin, nervules distinct and prominent on both surfaces, reticulate; petioles 3–4 mm long, hirsute. Stipules triangular, 3–4 mm long, glabrous except long-pilose hairs on the margin, coriaceous. Cymes sessile; bracts absent. Flowers sessile; calyx campanulate, 2 – 2.5 mm long, glabrous, limb pilose inside, with 5 – 6 minute teeth, teeth subulate, c. 0.5 mm long, pilose at the margin and inside; corolla not seen. Drupes globose, glabrous, very verrucose; pyrenes 5– 6, irregular sulcate on the abaxial face.

Distribution — Indonesia ( Java).