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Bridelia grandis Pierre
Nomenclature
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Family: PhyllanthaceaeGenus: Bridelia
SUMMARY
A tree 18-25 m high; branchlets pilose, at length becoming nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic or oblong-oblanceolate, long-cuspidate-acuminate and obtuse at the apex, mostly cuneate at the base, 6-10 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm broad, rather rigidly chartaceous, shining, glabrous and darker on the upper surface, dull, often somewhat glaucous and thinly pubescent on the lower surface; lateral nerves 8–9 on each side, prominent below, slightly arcuate, extending to the margin; tertiary nerves lax and inconspicuous; petiole 6–7 mm long, rather densely rusty-pubescent; stipules subulate-lanceolate, densely tomentose. Bracts small, hairy. Male flowers: pedicel 1 mm long, glabrous. Buds ovoid, glabrous. Sepals lanceolate, subacute, scarcely 1.5 mm long, glabrous on both sides. Petals spathulate, very small. Disk thick and fleshy, undulately lobed, glabrous. Rudimentary ovary subentire, glabrous. Female flowers subsessile: Sepals ovate-triangular, subcoriaceous, glabrous. Petals elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, scarcely half the length of the sepals. Disk enclosing the ovary, denticulate, glabrous outside. Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrous; styles deeply bilobed. Fruits 1-celled, shortly stalked, oblong-ellipsoid, about 6 mm long and 4 mm in diam.
