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Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum ubangiense (De Wild.) Govaerts
Nomenclature
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Family: SapotaceaeGenus: ChrysophyllumSpecies: Chrysophyllum ubangiense
Media
SUMMARY
Protologue: World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 15. 1999.
Tree to 25m tall; slash with white latex. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, obovata; apex blunt with elongate parallel-sided, blunt acumen with emarginated tip; base asymmetric. Secondary venation closely spaced (<10mm) parallel, forming a continuous parallel sub-marginal vein; tertiary venation parallel, indistinguishable from secondary. Abaxial lamina with sparse long red hairs, becoming glabrous; midrib and petioles glabrous. Inflorescences small, clustered in current leaf axils. Calyx to 2mm long. Corolla tube to 1mm long, lobes to 1mm long. Stamens to 2.5mm long, filaments flattened, staminodes absent. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit subglobose.