Annonaceae

Oxandra polyantha R.E.Fries

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Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Species Parent: Oxandra Status: Invalid Reason: unverified

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Small or large tree to 20 m tall.

Main axis: Bark strong, fibrous.

Branch: Stems slender, brown to black when mature, wrinkled.

Leaves: Leaves simple, alternate, nearly sessile; the petioles subterete, stout, to 2 mm long, black when mature, smooth, glabrous; the lamina elliptic, to ca. 6 x 15 cm, gray-green to olive-green when dry, chartaceous, glabrous, the base acute to rounded, the apex short to long-acuminate, the acumen to 1.5 cm long, the margins entire; the secondary venation weakly brochidodromous, finely, tightly reticulate with the tertiary venation.

Reproductive Morphology

Inflorescence: Inflorescence solitary, ramiflorous or axillary.

Flowers: Flowers 1 per inflorescence; not seen in study region.

Fruit: Fruit apocarpous consisting of one to few monocarps; the monocarps ellipsoid, to ca. 2.5 cm long, red when mature, smooth, pubescent.

Seeds: Seeds one per monocarp.