| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Myrsinaceae |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 15 m high:Branchlets stout, glabrous, covered with numerous closely placed leaf scars:Leaves simple, alternate below, opposite above, estipulate; petiole 5-7 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 5-12 x 1-4.5 cm, elliptic, oblanceolate or obovate, base cuneate or attenuate, apex acute or obtusely acute, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, faint, intercostae obscure:Flowers bisexual, white, sessile, very shortly stalked in umbellate fascicles, axillary or around branchlets; peduncle 1.5 mm; bracts minute; calyx lobes 5, 1.5 mm, ciliate, acute; corolla 5 mm across; lobes 5, oblanceolate, 3.5 mm, valvate, gland-dotted; stamens 5, exserted, subsessile; ovary superior, 1 mm, conical, ovules few; style 0.3 mm; stigmas 3, flat, spreading:Fruit a drupe, 4 mm across, globose, brownish-black:Seed one, globose. |