Annonaceae
Rollinia chrysocarpa Maas & West.
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Species Parent: Rollinia Status: Invalid Reason: unverified
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Small tree to ca. 6 m tall.
Main axis: Bark strong.
Branch: Stems slender, black when dry, densely, long, red-brown, tomentose pubescent with young.
Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, densely, long, red-brown pubescent especially when young; the petioles terete, slender, to ca. 1.2 cm long; the lamina elliptic to elliptic-oblong, to ca. 6 x 20 cm, greenish brown when dry, chartaceous, slightly asperous due to pubescence, the base acute to narrowly rounded, the apex narrowly acuminate, the acumen to ca. 1.5 cm long, the margins entire; the midvein raised above, pubescent when young, the secondary venation eucamptodromous, the tertiary venation inconspicuous.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence solitary of weakly fasciculate, ramiflorous or axillary.
Flowers: Flowers one to few per inflorescence, pedicillate, the pedicel green with red-brown pubescence; the sepals green with red-brown pubescence; the petals white, triangular-ovate.
Fruit: Fruit syncarpous on short stipe, red pubescent; not seen in mature stage in the study region.
Other
Notes: This species is unmistakable due to dense red pubescence.