| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Small trees, 4.5-6 m high:Branchlets glabrous:Leaves opposite, 6-14 x 1.5-5 cm, obovate or elliptic, short acuminate at apex, incurved at margin, cuneate at base, coriaceous, glabrous, dark green to pale when dry; midrib channelled above; lateral nerves 8-10 on either side, subopposite, arcuate, without domatia; nervule reticulation inconspicuous; petioles 0.5-1.5 cm long, glabrous; stipules deciduous, 8-10 x 5-8 mm, ovate, or obovate, obtuse or truncate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous above, ferruginous pubescent at base beneath:Inflorescence terminal peduncled umbellate cymes, 5-6 x 4-7 cm; branches 5 or 4 at a whorl; branchlets puberulous; bracts deciduous, 2 x 5 mm, fimbriate at margin; bracteoles 2 3 mm long, ovate- lanceolate or ovate, acuminate at apex, puberulous above, pubescent beneath:Flowers short tubular;Stamens 5, inserted; filaments minute, adnate at throat; stigma 2-lobed:Fruits ovoid or globose, smooth, crowned with persistent calyx lobes, glabrous; stalks 2-3 mm long: seeds ovoid, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, plano-convex, without ridges and furrows; albumen ruminate. |