| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Local Name | Eyoli |
| Local Name 2 | Malavirinji |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark greyish-brown; blaze dull-yellow; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, estipulate, in whorls of 7-10; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 11.5-26 x 3-8.3 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, base acute or attenuate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above and softly grey or cinnamomeous-tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, pinnate, ascending about 20-300 from midrib, prominent, flowers unisexual, yellowish-green, small; fruit a berry, 5 mm across, globose, black, smooth.
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