| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Local Name | Malamvetti |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Tree, young shoots adpressed tawny-pilose; branchlets brown, terete, 1-4 mm thick initially pilose, finally glabrous. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong or narrowly so, 10-17 cm long, 3-5.5 or broad, rounded or acute at base, entire along margins, obtusely acuminate or caudate (acumen or cauda 10-20 mm long) at apex, chartaceous to thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely ochraceous-pilose on midnerve and lateral nerves beneath (particularly towards base), dark brown above when dry, paler beneath; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, obscure to faint above, prominent beneath, petioles 10-20 mm long, 1-2 mm thick, puberulous to glabrous; stipules lanceolate-oblong, 5-8 mm long. capsules ovoid, 15-20 x 15-20 mm, 3-locular, up to 3 mm long, hirtellous. |