Xanthophyllum pauciflorum
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Description
Tree, up to 21 m, 25 cm dbh.
Leaf-blade 4.8-8(-9) by 1.2-2.2(-3.5) cm, apex cuspidate to acuminate;
Inflorescences unbranched, much shorter than the leaves, bearing only 3-6 flowers;
Sepals with a small apical tuft;
Petals yellowish, when dry yellowish orange, very sparsely hairy to glabrous outside, apically slightly tufted and distinctly ciliate, basally rather densely hairy at both sides, the longest one 7.5-8.5 mm long.
Stamens:
Ovary appressedly hairy;
Fruit (immature) ovoid-globular, olive-brown, smooth, with a distinct remainder of the style, roughly pubescent, glabrescent.