Description
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Trees, 4-7 m tall. Branchlets terete, pubescent. Petiole 7-9 mm; leaf blade elliptic, 12-22 × 4-7 cm, leathery, abaxially brown when dry, adaxially black when dry, abaxially with small glands, midvein and secondary veins papillate, secondary veins ca. 10 on each side of midvein and 1-1.5 cm apart, a small parallel tertiary vein between each secondary vein, intramarginal veins 5-6 mm from margin, base broadly cuneate, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate cymes, 10-14 cm, branched; peduncle compressed, with brown glandular wool. Flower buds sessile, long oval-shaped, 4-5 × 2-3 mm. Hypanthium villosulous. Calyx lobes ca. 1 mm, rounded. Petals distinct. Fruit globose, 1-1.2 cm in diam. Fl. May-Jul.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
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Broad-leaved evergreen forests; 800-1500 m.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
