Illicium kinabaluense
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Description
Small tree, to 14 m height, 90 cm girth.
Leaves ± coriaceous, elliptic, (4.5—)7(—11) by 1.5-3 cm, midrib ± impressed above and prominent below, apex (short-)acuminate, base attenuate, margins slightly re volute; petioles c. 9-16 mm long, grooved on adaxial surface.
Flowers axillary on young growth, generally solitary; pedicels 12-20 mm long at anthesis.
Fruit of up to 8 follicles.