Brackenridgea palustris
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Description
Tree, up to 30 m, 1.2 m ø.
Leaves (ovate-) oblong to (ovate-)lanceolate, 4-12½ by 1½-5 cm (up to 20 cm long on young treelets), mostly acute to acuminate, sometimes obtuse at apex, rounded to acute, often ± tapering at base, margin entire, ± acicular denticulate in young treelets;
Inflorescences terminal, made up of 3(-5)-flowered, shortened cymes, sessile, or with up to 0.5 cm long peduncle, flowering simultaneously, sometimes 2 inflorescences of different stages in close succession, the 5-10(-25) mm long rachis growing on vegetatively, sometimes branching in the lower parts;
Sepals ovate to oblong, 3½-6 by 1½-3 mm.
Petals ovate to obovate-lanceolate, 3.5-7 by 1½-3 mm.
Ovaries c. 0.7 by 0.5 mm;
Fruits up to 8 by 6 mm.