Arthrophyllum ashtonii
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Description
Slender small tree, to 5 m, with the leaves dispersed for some distance from the apex of the branches, young parts with brown scurfy tomen- tum which persists on the umbellules.
Leaves multijugate, to c. 30 cm long;
Inflorescence a terminal cluster of specialized leafy branches;
Petals 5, broadly triangular.
Stamens 5, anthers curved, basifixed.
Ovary glabrous, obconical, c. 1 mm long;
Fruit spheroidal, with a persistent stylopodium, c. 6 mm long when dry.