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cerrado-morphology · silvajunior2005cerrado

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cerrado-morphology
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In the Cerrado sensu stricto, trunks reach up to 33 cm DBH. The bark (ritidoma) is brown to reddish when scraped, scaly with thin plates. Leaves have 4–12 alternate or opposite leaflets, elliptic to oblong, up to 8 cm × 4 cm, with obtuse to retuse apices, brochidodromous venation, and translucent laminar glands in some individuals. Flowers up to 0.5 cm in diameter with five free cream petals. Fruits up to 5 cm, ovoid, brown when ripe. Seeds up to 2 cm, black, with an orange aril, one per fruit.
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