Osmoxylon boerlagei
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Description
Small to fairly large tree, unbranched or sparingly branched, up to 24 m, glabrous, at least when mature.
Large leaves forming terminal crowns;
Inflorescence terminal (or overtopped by a lateral leafy branch), a large compound umbel, bowl-shaped with a slightly convex top, up to 60 cm ø;
Petals c. 13, bud flat-topped, angled, minutely pubescent, apparently falling as a calyptra.
Stamens 8-13.
Ovary shortly turbinate, angled, glabrous, 10-14-celled;
Fruits spreading to form a ± spherical head obscuring the involucre, each c. 9 by 7 mm (when dry) with prominent persistent stigmas.