| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Flacourtiaceae |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, upto 30 m high, bark grey, blaze yellow; branches glabrous. Leaf simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, slender, red, grooved above; lamina 4-11 x 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 10-12 mm across, greenish-yellow, scattered in short, grey tomentose simple racemes up to 20 cm long; pedicel 10 mm, slender, articulate, red; bracts 4 x 2 mm, ovate-oblong, subacute, grey-tomentose, cauducous; calyx green, grey-tomentose, lobes 6-9, 5-8 mm, oblong to spathulate, obtuse at apex, nerved, tomentose; petals 6-9, 4-7× 1.5-3 mm, triangular-oblong, similar to the sepals, but smaller than sepals, tomentose, green; disc glands obovate, slightly lobed, opposite to sepals, velvety; stamens in fascicles of 6-7 before each petal; 3 between disc glands, rest inserted at the base of the petals above the disc glands; filaments 4-5 mm long; ovary tomentose; styles 6-9. |