Its branches and leaf rachides are pubescent to greyish tomentose, or becoming glabrous, with straight or recurved grey or reddish prickles.
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Inflorescence of Male flowers show axillary clusters on very short tubercles, silky tomentose; and female flowers are sessile, in axillary clusters.
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Its silver, slightly tomentose ( hairy ) leaves protect it from the relentless sun, wind, and extreme temperatures found near the summit.
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Planch ., another endemic of New Guinea and differs from the latter by its densely woolly tomentose lower leaflet surface and much thicker leaflets.
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The emerging new leaves are densely orange-brown tomentose, becoming bright green and moderately glossy on the upper side, lighter green on underside.
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The male cones are solitary and long ovoid, 21 cm long and 13 cm diameter, brown tomentose, and with an upturned apical spine.
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Fruiting bodies are typically sessile, corky, slightly tomentose to glaborose . on fallen hardwood logs, but can be on coniferous trees as well.
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The flowers contain the most distinguishing features of the species, as no other species in the genus has chocolate brown tepals and tomentose young ovaries.
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Molucca bramble leaves are simple with 3-5 lobes, 2 15 cm long, and 3 10 cm wide, and the lower surface tomentose.
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The species are monoecious . inflorescence sprouts at the crownshaft base, branched to two orders with a short, winged, tomentose peduncle, colored brown and bearing spines.
