| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Proteaceae |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 7 m high; branchlets stout; young buds pubescent with out. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-15 mm long, stout, swollen at base, glabrous; lamina 5-16 x 3-7 cm, ellipitc, obovate, spathulate, elliptic-oblanceolate or elliptic-obovate; base acute to cuneate; apex acute or acuminate, margin entire or coarsely dentate, coriaceous, sparsely hairy above, glabrous beneath; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint. Flowers bisexual, white with purple tinge, 2 or more from each bract; pedicels stout; bracts cauducous; bracteoles minute; perianth tube slender; stamens 4, epitepalous, antitepalous; anthers oblong; ovary superior, sessile, 1-celled, ovules 2, basal; style terminal, slender as long as perianth tube; stigma linear, thick. Fruit a drupe, globose, 10-15 mm across, green; seeds 1 or 2, rugose. |