Synsepalum longecuneatum
General description:
Protologue: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 377. 1914.
Tree to 20m tall; slash pinkish with white latex. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, oblanceolate; apex acute with elongate sub-triangular acumen (length 2-3x base width); base long decurrent. Secondary venation widely spaced (>10mm) parallel, forming continuous sub-marginal loops; tertiary venation scalariform, barely visible. Abaxial surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences in short axillary fascicles. Calyx lobes short. Corolla tube to 3mm long, lobes to 2mm long. Stamens slightly exceeding lobes. Ovary unknown. Fruit ellipsoid, shiny, green and cherry red.
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