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Sapotaceae
Chrysophyllum beguei Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Nomenclature
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Family: SapotaceaeGenus: ChrysophyllumSpecies: Chrysophyllum beguei
SUMMARY
Protologue: Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 795 1934 publ. 1935.
Tree to 30m tall; slash pale yellow with white streaks. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, simple, elliptic; apex acute elongate parallel-sided, blunt emarginated tip; base asymmetric. Secondary venation widely spaced (>10mm) parallel, forming continuous sub-marginal loops; tertiary venation scalariform that can loops backwards from midrib to previous secondary. Abaxial lamina with sparse long red hairs; midrib and petiole with long hairy pubescence. Inflorescences clustered at leaf axils or at old nodes. Calyx to 2.5mm long, pubescent. Corolla tube to 1mm long, lobes to 0.5mm long. Stamens short, anthers mucronulate, no staminodes. Ovary 5-locular, hirsute. Fruit subglobose, glabrous.