Description:
Slender, small to fairly tall trees, in habit somewhat reminiscent of Carica papaya, with straight, erect, usually unbranched stems bearing a few unbranched, slender, caducous branches in whorls of 3-5 mainly near top, each branch bearing 3 leaves at apex; scars left by fallen leaves oval, long visible. Leaves very large, often exceeding 1
Distribution:
Species 3, trop. Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 2, Angola (Cabinda).
Source:
SSTA
Synonym(s):
Chalazocarpus Hiern: 469 (1898); Good: 169 (1926a).
Classification:
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