Sarcopteryx brachyphylla
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Description
Tree, 3-25 m high;
Branchlets crispy hirsute especially when young;
Leaves l-3(-4)-jugate;
Inflorescences in upper leaf axils and pseudoterminal, rather slender, hirsute, up to 12.5 cm long, usually with a few branches;
Flowers c. 6 mm in diam.
Sepals ovate, 0.7-1.6 by 1-1.5 mm, sericeous, green.
Petals obovate, white, blade elliptic, 2.6-2.8 by 2.4-2.8 mm, claw up to 0.7 mm high, broadly cuneate, margin auriculate near claw, apex rounded;
Stamens:
Fruits 1.8-2.2 by 1.6-2.1 cm, red, stipe 5-9 mm high, broadly triangular, lobes with 2-4 mm broad wings;
Seeds obovoid, 7-12.5 by 5-6.7 mm. — Figs, 71a, 72.