Gomphandra flavicarpa
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Description
Shrub-like or slender tree, 3-5 m, 2-10 cm ø;
Branchlets short-pubescent.
Leaves almost distichous, oblong to obovate-oblong, apex shortly and ± bluntly acuminate, base broadly attenuate to almost rounded, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, dark brown above, much paler beneath when dry, initially sparsely hairy along lower part of the midrib, with age practically glabrous above, shortly subappressedly pubescent all over the undersurface especially on midrib and nerves (though less obviously than in G. cumingiana), 8-14 by 2.5-4(-5.5) cm, nerves 5-6 ascendently curved and obscurely inarching pairs, slightly raised beneath, net of veins coarse, faintly prominent beneath;
Inflorescences from foliate and defoliate axils, both ♂ and ♀ ones composed of 2(-3) few-flowered cymes on common peduncle (c. 5 mm), short-brownish-pubescent, the petals excepted.