| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Clusiaceae (Guttiferae) |
| Local Name | Nanku |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bole straight, buttressed, bark greyish-brown, blaze pink; branchlets terete, glabrous, swollen at nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 6-10 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 2-3 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base narrowed, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining; lateral veins many, parallel, close, obscure, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary, sepals 4, outer 2 oblong, 1 x 1 cm, inner 2 orbicular, 1.5 x 1 cm, glabrous, softly pruinose; petals 4, 2.5-3 x 1.5 cm, white, obovate; stamens numerous, filaments of various length; anthers large; ovary superior; ovules 2 per cell; style 5-7 mm long; stigma peltate. Fruit a capsule, 2.5-3 cm long, ovoid, woody, shortly acuminate at apex, subtended by lignified sepals, greenish-yellow, sometimes with a pink tinge; seed one. |