| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Synonym | Glochidion hohenackeri Hook.f |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral; petiole 2-5 mm, slender, puberulous; lamina 7-13 x 1.5-6.5 cm, oblong, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or subfalcate, base oblique, apex acuminate, glabrous above, margin entire, coriaceous; lateral nerves 4-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellow; male flowers: in many flowered axillary clusters; pedicels 3-8 mm long, densely tomentose; tepals 3+3, 3-4 x 0.8-15 mm, lanceolate or oblanceolate; stamens 3-4; connectives produced; female flowers: in few flowered axillary clusters; sessile; perianth 1.2-3 x 1.5-3.5 mm, irregularly 4-6 teethed; ovary superior, subglobose, ca.1 mm across, 4-6 locular, ovules 2 in each cell; styles 4-6, subglobose . Fruit a capsule 2-5 x 6-12 mm, 4-6 locular, depressed, deeply lobed with the lobes bilobulate; pedicels absent, to 4 mm long. |