Noronhia introversa

Description Trees to 12 m tall, trunk to 15 cm diameter; young twigs cylindrical, 1.3 - 3.7 mm diame-ter, glabrous; bark white, sometimes very light gray, smooth. Leaves opposite, persistent; bud scales persistent; blades dark to medium green above, lighter below, oblong to ellip-tic, 7 - 27 3 2 - 7.5 cm, subcoriaceous, glabrous, domatia casual, base acute, margin slightly revolute and undulate, apex acute to acuminate, the acumen 1 - 20 mm long, midrib sunken above, distinctly raised below, secondary veins conspicuous, 7 - 16 per side, 8 - 26 mm apart, looping 2 - 8 mm from the margin; petiole light gray to white, 5 - 22 3 1.5 - 7 mm, entirely woody, glabrous. Thyrses fasciculate, pauciflorous, compact; peduncle 5 - 17 mm long, moderately pubescent; pedicel 5 - 10 mm long, moderately pubescent; calyx moderately pubescent outside, glabrous inside, lobes triangular, 1.5 - 3 3 1.2 - 2.5 mm; corolla pink, sometimes tinged orange-red, oblong to slightly campanulate, 3.5 - 8 mm long, glabrous on both sides, the tube 2 - 6 mm long, lobes deltate apex obtuse; corona absent; stamens 1.5 - 2.5 mm long, anthers obconical, 1 - 1.5 mm long; pistil 1.5 - 2.8 mm long, stigma bilobed. Fruiting pedicel 8 - 18 3 1.3 - 2.5 mm; young fruits green, dark red when mature, ovoid to subglobose, 13 - 27 3 10 - 25 mm, surface smooth, apex apiculate; dry pericarp 0.3 - 2.6 mm thick; endocarp woody; seed 11 - 18 3 9.5 - 13 mm.