Botanical description ³

Bole: Straight. Buttressed/fluted. Small/large. To 30 m. Bark: Pale grey. Smooth. Slash: Brown/red with pale stripes; paler toward wood. Leaf: Odd-pinnate; 7 - 15 leaflets. Alternate. Lflt: Opposite. Petiole: Petiole and rachis 35 cm long; round/winged. Leaflets subsessile. Lamina: Small/medium. 14.5 × 6 cm. Elliptic/lanceolate. Cuneate. Asymmetrical. Acuminate. Entire. Glabrous/pubescent. Simple. Domatia: Absent. Glands: Absent. Stipules: Absent. Thorns & Spines: Absent. Flower: White/pink. Fragrant. Infloresence many flowered axillary cymose panicles. Dioecious. Fruit: Dark red drupe. 1.5 × 1.5 cm.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Günter Baumann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=617
2. (c) Bart Wursten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/images/13/133540-2.jpg
3. (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/23284842

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