| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Synonym | Cylicodaphne myristicaefolia (Wall.ex Nees) Meisner |
| Habit | Small to medium |
| Botanical Features | Dioecious trees. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 8-12 ×2-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 11-12, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in globose umbellules clustered in axillary and subterminal subracemes; peduncles 1-2 mm long; pedicels 5-6 mm long; bracts 4-6, concave, glabrous; perianth lobes 6; stamens 12, in 4 rows; filaments of rows 1 and 2 eglandular, those of rows 3 and 4 with 2 glands; staminodes in female as the stamens of male, but those of inner rows subulate and 2-glandular; ovary half inferior, globose. Fruit a berry. |