Prunus mirabilis
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Description
Trees up to 12 m.
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 10-15 by 4-6 cm, base rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate, dark-punctate below, coriaceous;
Stipules oblong-ovate, c. 4 by 1.5-2 mm, connate by their excentric keels, almost glabrous.
Flowers 5-6-merous.
Sepals rounded-triangular, 2-3 by 1.7-2 mm, ciliate.
Petals ± orbicular, 6-7.5 by 5-7.5 mm, (almost) glabrous.
Stamens c. 40, filaments 6-10 mm, anthers 1 mm long.
Ovary glabrous.
Fruits ellipsoid, base rounded to tapering, apex acute, 21-29 by 13-16 mm, glabrous, probably red when ripe, end0carp glabrous inside.
Seed with glabrous testa.