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<big>''[[Beilschmiedia velutina]]'' (Kosterm.) Kosterm.</big>
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:Protologue: Journ. Sci. Res. (Jakarta) 1: 115 (1952).
== Synonyms ==
*''Beilschmiedia grandiflora'' (Kosterm.) Kosterm. (1952).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall; inner bark reddish, brittle; young branches glabrous to brown-hairy. *Leaves alternate, simple and entire; stipules absent; petiole 1–2.5(–3) cm long; blade elliptical or ovate, 9–20(–28) cm × 4–11(–20) cm, base obtuse to acute, apex acute or shortly acuminate, papery, upper surface glabrous or somewhat hairy on major veins, lower surface glaucous and sparsely hairy to densely brown-hairy, pinnately veined with 7–12 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence an axillary panicle 4–10 cm long, many-flowered. *Flowers bisexual, regular, greenish; perianth with 2 series of 3 tepals, up to 4 mm long, brown-hairy on both surfaces; stamens 9, in 3 whorls of 3, inner ones with 2 glands near the base, staminodes 3; ovary superior, gradually narrowing into the short style. *Fruit an ellipsoid to roundish berry c. 3 cm in diameter, 1-seeded.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Brink, M., 2008. '''Beilschmiedia velutina''' (Kosterm.) Kosterm. [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}}.
