| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Symplocaceae |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 10 m high; young parts glabrous:Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 20-30 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 6-11 x 4-6.5 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire or serrate, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, glabrous, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent: Flowers bisexual, in unbranched 2-3 cm long racemes, axis hispid; bracts ovate, cauducous; bracteoles early cauducous; pedicels 1 mm long, slender; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, 1.5 x 1 mm, obtuse, hairy; corolla lobes 5; stamens numerous, unequal, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short, ovary inferior, ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle; Fruit a drupe, 12 x 5 mm, terete, yellowish-green, minutely hispid towards apex:Seeds 1-3, oblong. |