| Field notes | Tree, about 23 m tall, growing on edge of swamp. DBH.: +/- 35 cm. Bark smooth pale brownish-grey, dark reddish-brown inside, wood medium hard, whitish, the heartwood dark brown with blackish circles. Crown badly shaped, well branched, densely foliaged. Leaflets leathery, rather dull dark green above. Bracts enveloping the flower in bud, greenish-white. Petals (1) white, gradually turning brown. Stamens 3, filaments white. Anthers greenish-black. Ovary green, style white. Flowers slightly fragant, more or less fetid. Flowers in spirit coll. ar WAG |