Ixonanthes reticulata Jack

Treelet or tree up to 40 m, bole up to 1 m diam. Lenticels slit-like or punctiform. Leaf scars round to ovate. Stipules up to 1 mm. Leaves elliptic, elliptic oblong, or slightly ovate, entire, 5.5-14 by 3-10 cm, pergamentaceous to coriaceous; base acute, apex slightly obtuse to emarginate; petiole 1-2.5 cm. Inflorescences lax. Peduncle (3—)5—8(—14) cm; pedicels c. 5 mm, bracts up to 1 mm. Flowers at anthesis 3-5.5 by 2-7 mm. Sepals elliptic, 4-5 by 3-4 mm (in fruit enlarging to c. 8 by 4 mm), within from top to bottom with a slightly thickened and paler band, fleshy to coriaceous in fruit. Petals orbicular to elliptic, 4-5.5 by 3-4 mm (in fruit enlarging to c. 10 by 6 mm), within from the base upwards thickened by a bundle of nerves, margin broadly hyaline, sub-coriaceous in fruit. Filaments ultimately up to 2 cm. Style up to 2 cm. Ovary globose, c. 3 by 2 mm. Capsule long-ellipsoid, (2-)3-4(-4.5) cm long, valves not apically bifid; septa after dehiscence (long-)per-sistent, connate with the adjacent ones. Seeds 1.8-2 by 0.4-0.9 cm.

Primary (rarely secondary) forests, frequently on hillsides and ridges, often on sand and granite, sandstone and kerangas, in swamp and heath forest, largely below 500 m, but occasionally found as high as 1000 m.

Can be grown by seedlings.