Rapanea thwaitesii Mez

Type
Indigenous
Family
Myrsinaceae
Local Name
Cheeramaram
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, branchlets thick. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 7-10 x 2.5-3.5 cm, ovate or oblanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute, rounded or emarginate, margin entire, marked with resinous dots, glabrous, coriaceous, nerves obscure. Flowers in umbels; fruit a berry, 4 mm across, purple, globose; seed one.