Daphniphyllum buchananiifolium
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Description
Shrub or tree, up to 10-25 m tall.
Leaves dimorphic, the earlier leaves very large elliptic, apex rounded or mucronulate, base cuneate to obtuse, 12-14 by 5.5-7 cm, purple or reddish tinged, glaucous beneath, with petioles 3.5-8.5 cm long, hard chartaceous, the later leaves narrowly elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, apex mucronulate, base cuneate, 4.5-9 by 2.5-2.7 cm, margins revolute, coriaceous, dark green above, lighter beneath, but not glaucous shining; lateral veins 7-9 pairs, thin, slightly prominent on both surfaces, the blades of earlier leaves usually 3 times larger than those of later ones; petioles 1-2.5 cm long.