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Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J.Lam
Nomenclature
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Family: BurseraceaeGenus: Dacryodes
SUMMARY
Evergreen tree up to 24 m tall with a much-branched dense crown; trunk shallowly fluted; bark reddish-brown; young branches with a dense indumentum of ferruginous stellate or dendroid hairs. Leaves pinnate; petiole up to 7·5 cm long, sparsely ferruginous-hairy, longitudinally striate; leaflets 5–8-jugate, up to 17 (25) × 6 (8) cm, pairs slightly overlapping as a rule, lamina oblong-lanceolate or, especially towards the petiole, ovate-lanceolate, apex long-acuminate, base often asymmetric, broadly cuneate, rounded or slightly cordate, glabrous above, very sparsely stellate-pubescent or glabrous below, nerves in 10–15 pairs, prominent below, anastomosing well within the margin; petiolules up to 1 cm long. Inflorescences ferruginous-tomentose like the young branches, up to 40 cm long; bracts up to 2 × 0·6 cm, elliptic, carinate; pedicels 1–2 mm long. Calyx c. 3 mm long, lobed nearly to the base, ovate-lanceolate, ferruginous-stellate-tomentellous. Petals c. 5 mm long, with ovate-lanceolate lobes. Stamen-filaments c. 3 mm long in male flowers; anthers ovoid, muticous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous or sometimes pubescent. Fruit bright blue, up to 6 × 3 mm, oblong-ellipsoid.
