| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Synonym | Tetranthera attenuata var. laevigata Nees |
| Local Name | Mulakunari |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Dioecious trees, to 10 m high; branchlets puberulus. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-15 mm long, stout, puberulent; lamina 6.5-18 x 2.5-5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base slightly obliquely acute or obtuse, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous above and puberulent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath fainting towards the margin, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, 10-12 in axillary or lateral subsessile umbellules; pedicelled; bracts orbicular, persistent; perianth short, lobes 6, 2 mm long, densely hairy; stamens 12, in 4 rows; filaments hairy, of 1 and 2 eglandular, those of row 3 and 4 with 2-glands; anthers 4-celled, introrse; staminodes as the stamens but those of inner rows subululate and 2-glandular; ovary half inferior, enclosed in perianth tube; style thick; stigma irregularly lobed. Fruit a berry, 1.5 cm long, ellipsoid, glabrous, yellow. |