Xanthophyllum subg. Exsertum
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Description
Leaf-blade:
Inflorescences unbranched, up to 6-8 cm long, axes slightly angular, black when dry, rather sparsely woolly hairy, sometimes with indistinct nodal glands.
Sepals nigrescent.
Petals (sub)equal, spathulate-lanceolate, apex flat, (sub)glabrous outside, densely lanately ciliate.
Stamens:
Ovary black when dry, hairy inside, outside glabrous or hairy;
Fruit indehiscent, globular, 2-6 cm diam., black when dry.
Seeds c. 4-12, more or less bean-shaped, testa with rather thick and soft, fibrous outer layer and a hard inner layer;