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[[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum écorce 2 P POILECOT.jpg|thumb|bark and slash]][[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum feuilles fruits 2 P POILECOT.jpg|thumb|leafy branch and fruit]][[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum Hawthorne composition.jpg|thumb|various parts of the tree (The Virtual Field Herbarium)]][[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum transverse F. Lens Insidewood.jpg|thumb|wood in transverse section]][[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum tangent F. Lens Insidewood.jpg|thumb|wood in tangential section]][[File:Chrysophyllum perpulchrum radial F. Lens Insidewood.jpg|thumb|wood in radial section]]
<big>''[[Chrysophyllum perpulchrum]]'' Mildbr.</big>
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:Protologue: Fl. W. trop. Afr. 2: 10 (1931).
== Synonyms ==
*''Gambeya perpulchra'' (Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1960).
== Vernacular names ==
*Red asanfena, monkey star apple, bird-lime tree (En). *Aninguéri rouge (Fr).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Large tree up to 40 m tall; bole up to 100 cm in diameter, straight and cylindrical, slightly fluted to buttressed at base; bark surface greyish brown, smooth with longitudinal fissures, inner bark fibrous, pale brown, exuding a white sticky latex; young branches densely reddish brown hairy. *Leaves arranged spirally, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole 1–3.5 cm long, grooved above; blade elliptical to obovate-oblong, 8–25(–40) cm × 3–9(–14) cm, slightly cuneate to rounded at base, acute at apex, leathery, densely reddish brown velvety hairy beneath, pinnately veined with (11–)14–21(–25) pairs of lateral veins. *Flowers in axillary fascicles, bisexual or occasionally functionally unisexual, regular, 5-merous; pedicel up to 1.5 mm long; sepals free, broadly ovate, c. 4 mm long, pubescent outside; corolla with c. 2.5 mm long tube and rounded lobes c. 1.5 mm long, hairy at margins, creamy white; stamens inserted near base of corolla tube, opposite corolla lobes; ovary superior, conical to globose, long-hairy, 5-celled, style up to 1.5 mm long. *Fruit a globose berry 2–4 cm long, densely reddish brown hairy, up to 5-seeded. *Seeds ellipsoid, flattened, up to 2 cm × 1.5 cm, shiny brown. *Seedling with epigeal germination; hypocotyl 6–7 cm long, epicotyl c. 2 mm long; cotyledons broadly ovate, 2–5 cm long, leafy.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2007. '''Chrysophyllum perpulchrum''' Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.