Axinandra coriacea
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Description
Tree up to 35 m, 50 cm ø.
Leaves 5-10(-12) by (l½-)2-5(-6) cm, shortly attenuate, sometimes acute at the base, acuminate to cuspidate at the top, with obtuse tip, coriaceous, conspicuously reticulate;
Inflorescence (l-)2-4(-5) cm, consisting of a few, sometimes one 1-5 cm long rather coarse, sometimes stunted axes, each bearing 0-15 flowers.
Sepals c. 1 mm.
Petals c. 6 mm, c. 1½ mm wide at the base, valvate at the base, conduplicate-valvate for the rest, more or less connate in the median part, mostly almost completely enveloping the stamens.
Capsule 2-3½ by l½-2½ cm;
Ovules 2 per locule.
Seeds 0.7-0.8(-l) by 0.3-0.4(-0.5) cm;
Connective pear- or drop-shaped, c. l½ mm, with dorsal swelling.