Thottea robusta
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Description
Erect shrub, 3-4 m high.
Leaves char-taceous, variable in shape and size, obovate, sub-rhomboidal, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 17.5-40 by 7.5-25 cm;
Inflorescence in the axils of foliage leaves, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3, sometimes sparsely shortly branched, spiciform, 0.5-3.5 cm long, densely villous;
Stamens in 2 whorls:
Capsules narrow spindle-shaped, straight or falcate, not or only slightly twisted at the top, 8-11.5 cm long, villous.
Seeds ovoid, c. 4 by 2 mm, trigonous, tuberculate.