Tetracera boiviniana Baill.

Shrubs or small trees up to 6(–7) m. high.. Young branches villous, mature ones with a thin papery bark which splits and flakes off longitudinally.. Leaf-blade elliptic to obovate, up to 13 cm. long, 6 cm. wide, acute to obtuse, broadly cuneate or sometimes ± rounded at base, slightly serrate, becoming more prominently toothed towards apex (each tooth with a small mucro), bullate, bicolorous; upper surface dark grey-green, sparsely pubescent, ± scabrid, the (9–)12–15(–18) secondary veins ± parallel and ending in a marginal mucro, tertiary veins reticulate, deeply impressed; lower surface pale grey-green, densely tomentose with the midrib and secondary veins prominent; petiole up to 1.5 cm. long, ± tomentose.. Inflorescence cymose, terminal or axillary in upper branches; flowers sweet-scented, white or pinkish; peduncle and pedicels pilose.. Sepals 4 or 5, broadly obovate to suborbicular, 10–12 mm. long, 8–10 mm. wide, silky pilose outside, glabrescent to slightly pilose within, persistent.. Petals 4–5, broadly obovate, up to 2 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, usually emarginate, glabrous, caducous.. Stamen-filaments 3–5 mm. long; anther-thecae divergent at their bases.. Carpels 3–4–5, obovoid, densely to sparsely hirsute; ovules 1–5 per carpel; placentation parietal; styles free, filamentous, slightly thickened at the apex, up to 5(–6) mm. long.. Fruiting carpels obovoid, slightly keeled along line at suture, up to 16 mm. long, 13 mm. across, woody, red when ripe, bearing remains of persistent style, ± sparsely hirsute.. Seeds up to 5, black, glossy, reticulately patterned; aril fimbriate, up to 1 cm. long, creamy yellow.. Fig. 1/4–6.