Myristica laevifolia
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Description
Tree 6-30 m.
Leaves (thinly) coriaceous, (ovate-)elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 by 2-6 cm, base ± attenuate, apex acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences between the leaves or below, largely of the Knema-type: a sessile sometimes up to 2.5 mm pedunculate, scar-covered brachyblast to 7 mm long, glabrescent;
Fruits solitary or 2 or 3, ellipsoid-oblong, ± fusiform, 4-5.5 by (1.7-)2-2.5 cm, apex narrowly rounded or subacute, base narrowed into a pseudostalk up to 3 mm, glabrescent, hairs scurfy, 0.1 mm or less;