Noronhia brevituba

Description Trees to 11 m tall, trunk to 15 cm diameter; young twigs cylindrical, 0.6 - 1.5 mm diameter, glabrous; bark medium to light gray, smooth, with scattered lenticels. Leaves opposite, persistent; bud scales rarely persistent; blades dark green above, lighter below, elliptic to obovate, 3 - 7.5 3 1.4 - 4.1 cm, chartaceous, glabrous, domatia absent, base acute to attenuate, margin flat to slightly undulate, apex cuspidate, the cusp 3 - 19 mm long, midrib flat above, raised below, secondary veins conspicuous mostly below, 5 - 10 per side, 5 - 16 mm apart, looping 1 - 4.5 mm from the margin; petiole yellow, 3 - 10 3 0.6 - 1.8 mm, not woody, glabrous. Thyrses fasciculate, pauciflorous, diffuse; peduncle 5 - 15 mm long, glabrous; pedicel 6 - 30 mm long, glabrous; calyx glabrous on both sides, lobes triangular, 1 - 1.5 3 0.7 - 2 mm; corolla yellow to pale lime green, sometimes tinged orange-brown with age, campanulate to subrotate, 3.5 - 7.5 mm long, glabrous on both sides, the tube 0.5 - 2.5 mm long, lobes ovate, apex slightly acute; corona present, 1 - 2 mm long, undivided; stamens 1.4 - 3 mm long, anthers widely oblong to almost square, 0.9 - 1.8 mm long; pistil 1.4 - 2.3 mm long, stigma capitate. Fruiting pedicel 3 - 19 3 0.5 - 1.7 mm; young fruits green, dark red when mature ovoid, 13 - 16.5 3 8 - 13 mm, surface smooth, apex flat to apiculate; dry pericarp 0.2 - 0.6 mm thick; endocarp woody; seed 9 - 12 3 5 - 7.5 mm.