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<mods:titleid="AE7781C4CE4F497570EB09DC932FCD4D">Revision of Sapindus sect. Sapindus (Sapindeae, Sapindoideae, Sapindaceae), including the description of three new species</mods:title>
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long, glabrous, unwinged, pale yellow except purplish brown at the base, lignescent on older leaves; rachis unwinged, glabrous; leaflets 4–8; petiolule
high, blade not sunken along the midrib, secondary veins pale yellow, tertiary venation prominent and pale yellowish green, quaternary venation prominulous, quaternary venation obscure to unapparent, abaxially drying light green to pale brownish green, glabrous, midrib pale yellow to lightly pinkish yellow, secondary veins prominent, tertiary venation prominulous, nearly concolorous with the blade surface, quaternary venation prominulous to obscure; foveolae inconspicuous to conspicuous on the abaxial leaflet blade surface, exudates clear to slightly orangish. Petal without appendages. Mature mericarp oblong-ovoid to subglobose,
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is distinguished by its leaves with 4–6 leaflets, the blades 1.9–2.3 times longer than wide, generally symmetric, non-falcate, elliptic to ovate, with bluntly acute to obtuse apices, adaxially drying dark green to dark brown, its often long petiolules, petioles that are typically purplish brown at the base, petals lacking appendages, and its typically oblong-ovoid fruits. The fallen fruit was described as yellow-brown with a pleasant odor (
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Exploring Expedition encountered this species at Ovalau and
was collected at one of these places. This species was accepted by
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. Subpopulations are distributed across several, often distant islands, and thus there is a significant degree of fragmentation in the population. Given the potential for decline, the taxon should be categorized as Near Threatened (
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