Prunus turfosa
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Description
Small trees up to 12 m, rarely buttressed, bark grey, smooth or slightly rough.
Leaves elliptic to oblong, 8-13(-18) by 4-6.5 cm, base acute, rarely rounded, apex obtuse to acuminate, herbaceous, with 8-12 pairs of nerves, venation inconspicuous, sparsely hairy to entirely glabrous, basal glands 2, deeply hollowed, in the contracted leaf-base.
Stipules not seen.
Stamens 15-30, filaments up to 3.5 mm, glabrous or slightly hairy at base, anthers 0.2-0.5 mm long.
Ovary sparsely hairy (to entirely glabrous?), style up to 4.5 mm long.
Fruits subglobular, 7-9 by 8-9 mm, exocarp with some hairs or glabrous, colour unknown, endocarp glabrous inside.
Seed with glabrous testa.