Prunus oligantha
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Description
Small trees, rarely over 15 m high, sometimes shrubs, bark dark brown or grey.
Leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, 4-11 (-14) by 1-4 cm, base acute, rarely rounded, apex acute to acuminate, coriaceous, with 5-8 pairs of nerves, venation invisible, densely hairy when young, hairs persistent on lower side, basal glands 0(-2), small, flat.
Stipules narrowly triangular, 2.5-5 by 1-1.5 mm, free, with marginal glands.
Flowers up to 10, sessile, yellowish.
Stamens 12-30, filaments up to 2.5 mm, glabrous or hairy at base, anthers c. 0.5 mm long.
Ovary densely hairy, style up to 3 mm long, sometimes hairy at base.
Fruits ellipsoid or subglobular, 10-13 by 8-11 mm, exocarp still hairy when ripe, red, turning black when ripe, endocarp glabrous inside.
Seed with glabrous testa.