Cynometra katikii
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Description
Tree 7.5-18 m tall and 30 cm in diam.
Leaves (2?-)4-jugate, petiole c. 1 cm.
Inflorescences axillary, sessile, fasciculate, 1-1.5 cm long; bracts ovate, 3 mm long, densely striate; bracteoles boat-shaped, 2.8 mm long, puberulous; pedicels 3 mm.
Flowers white.
Sepals oblong, 3.5 by 1.5 mm.
Petals linear, 2.5 by 0.1 mm.
Stamens 12; filaments 5 mm, united at the basal 0.5 mm.
Ovary shortly stipitate, 2 mm long, densely hairy.
Fruits peach-shaped, 6 cm long, 4.3 cm wide and thick, hard and brown, longitudinally grooved at the side, rugose and obscurely scaly.
Seeds kidney- shaped, 3.5 by 2.7 by 2.4 cm, rugose.