Ixonanthes icosandra Jack

Trees or treelets up to 30 m, bole up to 1.3 m diam. Leaf scars ± orbicular to triangular. Stipules up to 0.6 mm long. Leaves oblong to slightly obovate oblong, 6-19 by 3-6.5 cm, pergamentaceous, base tapering; apex obtuse, often retuse, apiculate; petiole 2-3 mm, pulvinate. Peduncle 6-14 cm; pedicels 3-15 mm; bracts up to 5 mm long. Flowers at anthesis 2-3 by 1-2 mm diam. Sepals elliptic, 1-1.5 by 0.8-1 mm (in fruit enlarging to 1.5-2.5 by 1-1.5 mm), c. 0.3 mm thick at the base, margin ± hyaline, subcoriaceous in fruit. Petals orbicular, 2-2.5 by 2-2.5 mm (in fruit enlarging to 3-4 by 3-4 mm), subcoriaceous in fruit. Filaments ultimately up to 15 mm long; anthers basi-dorso-versatile. Style up to 10 mm. Ovary top-shaped, ± 5-angular, c. 0.5 by 0.7 mm. Capsule 15(-20) by 5-6 mm. Seeds ellipsoid, 10 by 2 mm; arillode adaxillary, tripartite.

Dense primary forest and the more open, secondary formations; growing on slopes and ridges at elevations up to 900 metres.

Uses. Sometimes used for house-building.

Can be grown by seedlings.