Semecarpus nidificans
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Description
Shrub or small tree up to 5 m high.
Bark grey to reddish brown, with fairly deep longitudinal fissures.
Leaves subverticillate, arranged on the branches at intervals of ½-¾ of the length of leaves, like nests, subcoriaceous, linear or oblanceolate, 34-73 by 8-16(-23½) cm, glabrous on both surfaces;
Petals valvate, ovate or broad-elliptic, 1½-3 by 1-2 mm, with several longitudinal veins, puberulous outside.
Stamens c. 1 mm;
Panicles axillary, sometimes also cauliflorous, 3-20(-55) cm long, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent, or sometimes glabrous;
Ovary globose, 1¼-2½ mm Ø, pilose;