Crudia teysmannii
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Description
Tree to 20 m high and 80 cm in diam.
Leaves (1- or) 2-4- (or 5-)foliolate, shortly petioled; petiole and rachis 1.5-4.5 cm long, glabrous, prolonged beyond the upper petiolule into a short, subulate tip.
Stipules intrapetiolar, 1.5-2 mm long, deciduous.
Inflorescences axillary or terminal, up to 16 cm long, often erect, sometimes nodding, the rachis minutely puberulous; bracts ovate, 1-1.5 mm long, puberulous outside; bracteoles at the upper half of the pedicel, ovate, c. 1 mm long; pedicels 2-5 mm, articulated at the base, minutely puberulous.
Flowers thinly, minutely, appressedly puberulous outside.
Stamens (7-)8-10; filaments 6-8 mm; anthers ellipsoid, c. 1 mm long.
Seeds: young ones suborbicular, flat, 8-12 mm in diam.; ripe ones up to over 5 cm in diam. (fide de Wit I.e.).