| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Synonym | Tetranthera glabrata Wall.ex Nees |
| Local Name | Ungakanni |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Dioecious trees, to 12 m high; bark pale brown smooth; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 15-30 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 9.5-18 x 3-5 cm, lanceolate, oblong, linear-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous, reddish-brown beneath when dry, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, obscure; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers unisexual, umbellules in axillary racemes of 2-6 cm long, perianth tube short; lobes 6, ovate, hispid outside; stamens 12, in 4 rows filaments glandular hairy; staminodes in females as the stamens in males, but those of inner rows subulate and 2-glandular. Fruit a berry, bright-red, glabrous, ovoid; fruiting perianth obconic. |