Acridocarpus katangensis De Wild.

A small tree or much-branched upright shrub, up to 6 m. tall; branches with the younger parts +/- densely rufous-pubescent, very soon glabrescent, lenticellate. Leaf-lamina 3 (5)-9 (12) x 1.5-3.5 cm., obovate, oblanceolate, oblong-obovate to oblong-elliptic, obtuse, retuse to emarginate and usually finely apiculate at the apex, attenuate-cuneate at the base, coriaceous, brownish- or rufous-tomentose on both surfaces (more densely beneath) when very young, later usually glabrous (except sometimes the midrib beneath), with a pair of small glands near the insertion of the petiole underneath, and with 8-13 pairs of +/- prominent lateral nerves; petiole 0.3-0.5 cm. long, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Inflorescences 2-5 (7) cm. long, of racemes terminating leafy branches, few- to many-flowered, +/- loose, with a stout +/- densely rufous-pubescent to tomentose rhachis; bracts up to 2 mm. long, ovate-triangular, persistent, rufous-tomentose; bracteoles c. 1 mm. long, with a circular gland at the base. Flowers +/- 2 cm. in diam. Calyx with 2-3 glands; lobes 3-3.5 mm. long, oblong to ovate-oblong, usually glabrous. Petals 10-15 x 6-10 mm., yellowish, unguiculate. Stamens 3-5 mm. long, with ovate-oblong glabrous anthers; filaments c. 0.5 mm. long. Ovary densely tomentose; styles 2, 7-10 mm. long, slender. Samara with wing 2.5-3.5 x 1.3-1.8 cm., oblique-oblong-obovate, finely pubescent or glabrous, often tinged with purple.