| Field notes | Tree to 20-25 m tall and 15 cm dbh in white sand forest of Eperua, palm, Rubiaceae and Annonaceae; bark tight; leaves glossy above, soft-pubescent below, with a few glandular teeth; inflorescence a terminal raceme of multiple flowers, usually resulting in only 2-6 attached flowers; flowers 4-merous; sepals green and petals light yellow at anthesis; petals after anthesis more green or with a tinge of pink; stamens bright yellow, numerous; filamentous staminodes outside stamens, few; filament bases becoming reddish-orange after anthesis; anthers linear-elongate, basically poricidally dehiscent; filaments 3.2 mm long, anthers 6-9 mm long; style 15 mm long; ovary globose, lightly lobed, green but white speckled, basically glabrous; style and ovary junction abrupt (like pedicel to a cherry); placentation parietal, ± 7-8 placentae, seeds numerous (>50), small. Specimens at AAU, B, BH, BRG, CAY, BRIT, DUKE, FGD, K, MICH, MO, NY, P, U and US |
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