Pullea glabra
| Pullea glabra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Cunoniaceae |
| Genus: | Pullea |
| Species: | P. glabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Pullea glabra | |
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Pullea glabra is a species of flowering plant in the family Cunoniaceae. It is a tree native to Fiji (Viti Levu and Ovalau) and New Guinea including the Louisiade Archipelago, and possibly to Morotai in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is a large canopy or sub-canopy tree growing 10 to 30 metres tall, native to primary lowland and montane forests from 200 to 2,500 metres elevation.
Two varieties are accepted.
- Pullea glabra var. glabra (synonyms Platylophus clemensiae L.M.Perry, Pullea decipiens L.M.Perry, P. papuana Gibbs, P. perryana A.C.Sm., and P. versteeghii L.M.Perry) – Fiji, New Guinea, and possibly Morotai in Maluku
- Pullea glabra var. verticillata Hoogland – eastern New Guinea