Melanochyla axillaris
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Description
Tree up to 24 m high and 20 cm ø.
Branchlets light brown, velvety, glabrescent.
Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 18-67 by 4-16½ cm, glabrous on both surfaces;
Flowers 7-9 mm long.
Petals oblong or obovate-oblong, 4-5 by 1¼-1¾ mm, flat.
Stamens 3½ mm;
Panicles axillary only, 1-3 cm long;
Ovary subglobose, 1½-2 mm ø, gradually narrowed into a very short style;