| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Synonym | Discospermum sphaerocarpum Dalz. |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trunk: flutted; bark :whitish, smooth, fissured when mature; balze: yellowish.Young branchlets subterete to compressed, glabrous; apical bud usually exudes yellow resin.Leaves :simple, opposite, decussate; stipules: narrow triangular to 0.7 cm long, glabrous; petiole 0.6-1.5 cm long, glabrous; lamina 10-13 x 4-7 cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex acuminate with blunt tip or obtuse, base attenuate, margin entire, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 5-8 pairs, hairy domatia present at axils; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.Inflorescence: axillary fascicles; flowers :polygamodioecious, minute, sessile.Berry :globose, up to 2 cm long; seed :many, flat. |