Parinari canarioides
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Trees to 60 m tall;
Leaves chartaceous, ovate, 5-9 by 2-4.3 cm, glabrous on both surfaces when mature, without stomatal crypts beneath, acuminate at apex, the tip 5-12 mm long, rounded to subcordate at base;
Stipules linear, acute to 5 mm, hirsute, early caducous, present on very young leaves only.
Inflorescences dense-flowered axillary panicles to 4.5 cm long, the rachis and branches tomentose;
Petals elliptic, obtuse, 2 mm, tapered to base.
Fruit ellipsoid, 3.5-5 by 1.5-2.5 cm;