Tall tree with spreading crown, height up to 35 m., with long straight cylindrical or slightly fluted bole; bark grey-brown, rough and finely fissured.. Young shoots subglabrous, usually with pale raised lenticels.. Petioles l–3(–4.3) cm. long, glabrous.. Leaf-lamina elliptic to oblanceolate, rarely ± obovate, (5-)8–17(–20) cm. long, (l.6-)3–6.3 cm. wide, upper third of leaf tapering to acuminate apex (especially in crown leaves), rarely acute or ± obtuse, narrowly to broadly cuneate, thinly coriaceous, dull green above, greyish-green beneath with a sparse indumentum of minute closely appressed hairs; lateral nerves ascending, finely raised, looped near margin, intracostal veins present.. Flowers 1–6, congested in axils of current leaves.. Pedicels stiffly erect or horizontal, 8–12 mm. long, puberulous.. Calyx up to 5 mm. long, ± densely pubescent; lobes fused at base forming a cupular structure up to 2 mm. long; outer lobes ovate, up to 3 mm. wide; inner lobes slightly smaller.. Corolla pale yellow; tube 1.5–2 mm. long; outer lobes narrowly lanceolate, up to 5.5 mm. long; median lobe elliptic, up to 5.5 mm. long.. Filaments 2.5–3 mm. long; anthers up to 2 mm. long.. Staminodes narrowly oblong to ligulate, up to 2 mm. long, apex with 1–3 (usually 2) slender laciniate processes up to 2 mm. long.. Ovary depressed globose, pubescent, 10–12-locular; style 6–8 mm. long, with a base ± swollen and pubescent.. Fruits subglobose, up to 3 cm. in diameter, glabrous, with milky pulp.. Seed shiny brown, ± obovoid and flattened, 1.3–1.7 cm. long, 7–8.5 mm. wide; hilum lateral, oblique and extending to base.
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A tall tree. It grows 50 m high. The trunk is straight and slender. There are buttresses at the base. The bark is rough and grooved. It is grey-brown. When cut is has a white latex. The leaves are oval and at the ends of the small branches. They are 7-20 cm wide. They are leathery and dull green above and grey underneath. The edges are wavy. They narrow towards the stalk. The flowers are white. They have a scent. They are small and in groups near leaves. The fruit are small and 2 cm across. They are yellow-brown when ripe. They have 4-5 brown seeds.
A tropical plant. In Ethiopia it grows in lowland and highland forest. It grows between 1,600-2,600 m altitude.
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