Acsmithia reticulata
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 16 m tall by 20 cm diameter.
Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4.
Stipules linear-lanceolate, up to c. 2.5 by 0.5 mm.
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, up to 8(-13) by 4(-7) cm, 20-100-flowered.
Flowers with pedicels 0.8-1.8 mm above articulation.
Sepals 1.6-2.2 by 0.6-1.5 mm, connate for 0.4-0.8 mm, on abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely short-hirsute near base only.
Stamens with filaments 1.4-2.7 mm long and anthers 0.3-0.5 by 0.4-0.6 by 0.15-0.2 mm.
Ovary 3-4(-5)-carpellate with carpels 0.7-1.2 by 0.3-0.4 mm, strigose, each with 2 (or 3) ovules;
Fruit with fruitlets each 2.2-2.8 by 1-1.3 mm, 1-2-seeded.
Seeds including wings c. 1 mm long by 0.3 mm diameter, smooth.