Cordia cochinchinensis
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Description
Tree, 10-12 m high, or scrambling shrub.
Leaves: petiole 1.5-4 cm long; blades of two kinds: those more distant from apex of branches often broader, 9-12 cm long, w/1 ratio about 2/3 to 3/4, with 5 nerves on each side, the rest 5-11 cm long, up to half as wide as long, with c. 8 nerves on each side, all with entire margin, base rounded to transversely truncate or subcordate, apex acute to acuminate, nerves forming a dense network on lower side, glabrous on the upper, with few hairs along the primary nerves on the lower side.
Inflorescence dichotomously branched, cymes with 2 to 5 flowers, terminal, rarely lateral on short branches; pedicels 1-2 mm long.
Stamens 4; filaments exserted.
Fruit ovoid, up to 3 cm long, 22 mm in diam., tapering towards apex.