Chassalia javanica

Description Epiphytic shrub, glabrous. Stem terete, slightly canaliculate when dry. Internodes broadening slightly at base and apex, (0.5 –) 2 – 4 (– 6) cm × 2 – 3 mm. Leaf-blades obovate to elliptic, 9 – 17 × 2 – 4.5 cm, apex acute to acuminate, acumen 5 mm long if acuminate, base truncate, midrib raised adaxially and abaxially, secondary nerves 8 – 11 on each side of the midrib, petioles 0.5 – 3 cm long. Stipule broadly triangular, 4 – 5 × 5 mm, sometimes bilobed when broken, margin with terminal colleters, inside with standard colleters 0.5 – 1 mm long. Inflorescence a compound cyme, 4.5 – 7 cm long, peduncle 0.8 – 4 cm long, internodes of rachis 0.5 – 1.5 cm long, each node of inflorescence including capitulum with 4 bracts, triangular, margin with teeth, 2 broader bracts 0.5 – 1.5 × 0.5 – 1 mm, 2 narrower bracts 1.5 × 0.5 mm. Open flowers not seen. Fruits narrowly ellipsoid, 5 – 6 × 4 mm, with pedicels 5 – 6 mm long. Pyrene dorsal surface rough, with a central longitudinal groove 1.5 – 2 mm wide, pyrene ventral surface with a central groove 1.5 – 2 mm wide and a ridge at centre of the groove 0.5 mm wide and as high as the plane of the endocarpal outgrowth, the 2 grooves between endocarpal outgrowth and pyrene margin 0.1 mm wide or absent. Seed not seen.