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*Evergreen medium-sized tree up to 27 m tall; bole straight, branchless for up to 15 m, cylindrical, up to 60 cm in diameter, without buttresses; young branches reddish hairy. *Leaves alternate to almost opposite, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole c. 1 cm long, hairy; blade obovate to oblong, 7–14 cm × 3–6 cm, leathery, olive-brown and glabrous above, reddish hairy on the veins below, pinnately veined with 6–8 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence a terminal or axillary, robust panicle 4–8 cm long, reddish hairy; peduncle 1–1.5 cm long, flattened; bracts caducous. *Flowers bisexual, regular, small, brownish yellow; pedicel 1–2 mm long, reddish hairy; perianth bell-shaped or cup-shaped, lobes 6, up to 1 mm long; fertile stamens 9, in 3 whorls, those in outer 2 whorls sessile, those in inner whorl stalked and with 2 glands each, staminodes in a fourth whorl; ovary superior, c. 1 mm long. *Fruit a pear-shaped berry 2.5–3 cm × c. 1.5 cm, 1-seeded.

* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Brink, M., 2008. '''Beilschmiedia diversiflora''' Pierre ex Robyns & R.Wilczek. [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}}.