Ocotea humblotii

DESCRIPTION Tree, to 40 m tall. Twigs angular, light browntomentellous; terminal buds light brown-tomentellous. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, 8 - 19 × 3.5 - 8 cm, base acute or obtuse, tip acute, upper surface glabrous, lower surface glabrous or with a sparse, minute indument, hairs appressed, venation on upper surface immersed or midrib and lateral veins slightly impressed, lower surface with raised midrib and lateral veins, tertiary venation immersed, scarcely visible; lateral veins 4 - 7 on each side; domatia present, consisting of deep cavities with a slit-like opening (but see discussion) often with flaps at the opening, without conspicuous tufts of hairs (sometimes minute hairs present). Petioles 1.2 - 2.3 cm long, with similar indument as twigs. Inflorescences in axils of normal leaves and of deciduous bracts at tip of twigs or along leafless short shoots, tomentellous, to 15 cm long. Tepals 6, 2 - 3 mm long, pubescent on both surfaces; stamens 9, 4 - celled, 1 - 1.5 mm long, filaments pubescent, anthers glabrous, staminodia 3, stipitiform, pubescent. Ovary glabrous or with a few hairs; receptacle inside pubescent or glabrous. Cupule deeply cup-shaped, c. 3 cm wide, 1.5 cm tall; fruit ellipsoid, 3 × 2 cm.

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