Pseudobotrys cauliflora
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Description
Tree, (4-)6-18 m;
Leaves very similar to those of P. dorae, though sometimes more ovate, up to 36 by 19 cm.
Flowers massed on dome-like swellings of 1-3(-10) cm ø on lower trunk, numerous, set in small fascicles.
Sepals ovate, ciliate, purple, 2(-3) mm.
Petals linear, apex acute, in bud stage coherent in a tube which splits down-wards at full anthesis to the lower third or less, white, or white inside and purplish outside, with 3 longitudinal darker lines, c. 2.2 cm by 2 mm.
Ovary glabrous, c. 3 mm;