Latin name:
Platea parvifolia

Chinese name:


Genus:
Platea

Family:
Icacinaceae

Growth Habit:
Arbor

Duration:
Multiperennial

Distribution:
Hainan, China

Height:
The whole plant reaches 8 to 18 m in length.

Leaf:
Coreaceous and oblong, 6 to 10 cm in length and 2.5 to 4 cm in width, with an obtuse acuminate apex and a broad cuneate base.

Flowers:
Auxillary inflorescence, raceme or conopodium; imbricate flower, pentamerous.

Fruits:
Drupe, around 3 cm in length and
1.5 cm in diameter, with an obtuse apex; carpopodium is around 1 to 1.5 cm in length.

Blossom:
Spring