Polyalthia rufescens Hk.f. & Thoms.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Annonaceae
Habit
Small to medium sized tree
Botanical Features

Small tree; branchlets densely tomentose when young, puberulous when old. Leaves  alternate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or slightly cordate at base, shorlyt acuminate at apex, 8-13 x 3.5 -5.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, pale beneath; midnerve grooved above, raised beneath; lateral nerves to 16 pairs, faint above, prominent beneath; petioles ca 2 mm long, swollen, glabrous, flowers solitary or a few together, leaf-opposed, ca 1 cm across, brown tomentose; pedicels ca 3 cm long, puberulous; bracts basal, minute. fruitlets globose, ca 6 mm across.