Pullea glabra

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Jimbo, T. |date=2022 |title=Pullea glabra |volume=2022 |page=e.T198441790A202836859 |access-date=21 February 2025}}

|genus = Pullea (plant)

|species = glabra

|authority = Schltr.

|subdivision_ranks = Varieties

|subdivision =

  • Pullea glabra var. glabra
  • Pullea glabra var. verticillata {{small|Hoogland}}

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Pullea glabra Schltr. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294630-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 February 2025}}

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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 {{small|L.M.Perry}}, Pullea decipiens {{small|L.M.Perry}}, P. papuana {{small|Gibbs}}, P. perryana {{small|A.C.Sm.}}, and P. versteeghii {{small|L.M.Perry}}) – Fiji, New Guinea, and possibly Morotai in Maluku{{cite web |title=Pullea glabra var. glabra |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77224040-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 February 2025}}
  • Pullea glabra var. verticillata {{small|Hoogland}} – eastern New Guinea

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