Planchonia brevistipitata
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Description
Low-spreading, small trees, up to 20 m tall, up to 8 cm diam., crown up to about 8 m diam.
Branchlets greyish brown, c. 5 mm diam., finely grooved, leaf-scars conspicuous.
Leaves:
Inflorescences terminal racemes, (1-)2-5 cm long, 2-3 mm thick, few to 7-9 flowered;
Flowers white to pale green (fresh);
Petals obovate to oblong, 2.5-3.5 by 1-1.7 cm, papyraceous, apex rounded.
Ovary 4-locular, up to 20 ovules per loculus;
Fruits globular to ovoid, 2-3 by 1.5-2 cm, crowned with persistent calyx and style (up to 7 cm long), base with 2-3 mm long neck, slightly ribbed, 4-celled;
Seeds 4-11 in each loculus, ovoid to pyramidal, slightly curved, tetragonous, sides concave, 7-9 by 3-5 mm;