Myristica ovicarpa
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Description
Tree 25 m.
Leaves membranous, (elliptic-)oblong, 6-10.5 by 2.5-4 cm, base broadly attenuate, apex subacute or acute-acuminate;
Inflorescences (from infructescence):
Male and female flowers not seen.
Fruits (apparently of mature size, but seeds not yet fully developed, i.e. shrunken within the aril): axillary to a lower leaf, solitary, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7 by 5 cm, apex and base rounded, glabrous, except for some minute appressed brownish hairs less than 0.1 mm (hence ovary minutely pubescent) towards the insertion of the fruiting pedicel;