Osmoxylon pectinatum (Merr.) Philipson

Shrub or small glabrous tree up to 8 m. Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches; petiole to 18 cm, with a clasping base prolonged as a short acute stipular ligule, and with several basal crests fringed with 1-2 cm long bristles; blade to 25 cm ø, base truncate to broadly cuneate, palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes reaching to about the middle of the lamina, sinuses narrow-rounded, lobes oblong-elliptic, usually slightly narrowed below, obtuse to acute, margin thickened, coarsely dentate, coriaceous. Inflorescence a terminal compound umbel; peduncle c. 1 cm, with small bracts (3 mm) below and among the primary rays; primary rays c. 25-35, c. 2-3 cm long, with opposite ovate caducous bracts at the apex, each terminating in three branches; central branch c. 8-11 mm long, ending in an involucre of minute bracts (1 mm) surrounding an umbellule of c. 15-20 ovoid sterile flowers (c. 3 mm long, 3-celled), pedicels 5-6 mm long; lateral branches c. 2.5 cm long at anthesis, with an articulation about the middle, ending in an umbellule c. 1 cm ø with minute fimbriate bracts; flowers c. 30, pedicels c. 1.5 mm (elongating slightly in fruit). Calyx rim obsolete. Corolla lobes 4-5, tubular below, 2 mm long. Stamens 4-5. Ovary turbinate, 1.5 mm long, 4-6-celled. Fruits globose, 5 by 5 mm (dry), 4-6-ribbed when dry.

Forested slopes at 650 m.