Shrub or tree 2.4–25 m. tall; young branches greyish, longitudinally grooved, glabrous; bark yielding yellow latex when cut.. Leaves opposite; blades elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, 4–15 cm. long, 1–6 cm. wide, obtuse to long-acuminate at the apex, cuneate to subrounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous; venation prominent on both surfaces with numerous lateral nerves; secretory canals parallel to the midrib but little visible; petiole 0.4–1 cm. long, channelled above, ridged transversely, glabrous, with a ligulate appendage towards the base.. Inflorescences fasciculate, axillary, several–many-flowered, inserted on little cushions at the nodes on the old wood; pedicels 1.5–5 mm. long, accrescent, glabrous.. Male flowers: sepals 4, unequal, ovate to ± round, the 2 outside 1–1.5 mm. long and wide, the 2 inside 2–2.5 mm. long and wide, all glabrous; petals 4, obovate, 3–4 mm. long, 2–2.5 mm. wide, glabrous; fasciclodes forming a 4-lobed intrastaminal “ disc ”, alternating with the 4 staminal bundles, which are 2.5–3.5 mm. long of 3–4 stamens joined to each other in their lower 1/3; anthers ovoid.. Hermaphrodite flowers resembling the male; stamens 4, free, alternating with the “ disc ” glands; ovary 2-locular; stigma subsessile, 2-lobed.. Fruits ellipsoid, 1.5– 2.5 cm. long, 1–2 cm. in diameter, with a smooth surface, glabrous.. Seeds 1–2, plano-convex, 1.2–1.5 cm. long, 0.6–1 cm. wide.
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A small tree. It grows 10-15 m tall. The leaves are opposite. The leaves are oval but broadest in the middle and taper to a long tip. They are dark green above and dull underneath. The flowers are pale greenish-cream. Two of the sepals are larger than the other two. The fruit are orange-brown.
Shrub or tree to 30 ft. high
Fringing forest in the savannah zone. In savannah country at water falls; flooded and swampy, riverine and rain-forest; gallery forest at elevations of 200-1,500 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in the African tropics. It grows in seasonally flooded forests and along rivers.
In fringing forest in the savannah regions (typical plant)
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