var. celatum, W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes, 2017

Dewilde, W. J. J. O. & Duyfjes, B. E. E., 2017, Taxonomy of Alangium section Conostigma (Alangiaceae), Blumea 62 (1), pp. 29-46 : 37

1. Indument composed of hairs c. 0.3 mm long. Fruit (submature?) 10‒13 mm long. Leaves drying (blackish) brown, early glabrescent below. ― Moluccas, W New Guinea......................................... b. var. celatum a. var. maliliense

Indument composed of hairs c. 0.5 mm long. Fruit not seen, according to the original description: 1 (or 2?) per infructescence, ripening yellow-brown or yellow-orange, densely brown hairy, (narrowly) ellipsoid, 23–27 by 12–14 mm, coarsely irregularly ribbed; calyx remnant small.

Distribution — Central Sulawesi (Malili); known only from the type (3 collections from the same tree).

Habitat & Ecology — Apparently collected in forest remnant near village; flowering in September; fruiting in November and December.

Field-note — Bloembergen 1939 notes: “Flowers white, with aromatic odour, fruit yellowish brown or yellow-orange, without odour, sweet and sour”.

Vernacular name — Moroipo (Malili).