FIGURE 6. Maesa prolatifructa Sumanon & Utteridge. A habit; B node with petiole and base of inflorescence; C abaxial surface of leaf; D terminal portion of inflorescence; E hydrated flowers, one large calyx lobe removed, young 'dome' of corolla visible; F flower to show young corolla 'dome'; G corolla from below showing insertion point of young stamen (5-merous flower); H corolla opened flat; I fruit, dry; J fruit after soaking; K detail of scales from fruit surface. A, C, I–K from Stevens & Lelean. LAE 58298 (K); B, Croft & Katik NGF 41940 (K); D–H Sands 2329 (K). Scale bars: single bar = 1 mm, graduated single bar = 5 mm, double bar = 1 cm, graduated double bar = 5 cm. Illustration by Andrew Brown.

Published as part of Sumanon, Pirada, Eiserhardt, Wolf L., Balslev, Henrik & Utteridge, Timothy M.A., 2021, Six new species of Maesa (Primulaceae) from Papua New Guinea, pp. 245-261 in Phytotaxa 505 (3) on page 257, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.505.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5425467