Guioa oligotricha
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Description
Small tree, 5-7.5 m high, dbh c. 10 cm.
Branchlets hirsute when young;
Leaves 1-3-jugate;
Inflorescences axillary, unbranched to branching basally on the terete, hirsute, 1.2-6 cm long axis;
Flowers c. 3 mm in diam.
Sepals 5, ovate, margin and outside pilose, margin with few glands, inside glabrous;
Petals 5, obovate, 0.7-1 by c. 0.3 mm, white;
Stamens 8;
Fruits with 1-3 well developed lobes, 0.6-0.8 by 0.8-1.2 cm, smooth to rugose, glabrous, red when fresh, blackish when dry;
Seeds obovoid, 5-6 by 3-4 mm;