Vasilis Teodoridis:
Icacinaceae | Apodytes
1. Apodytes dimidiata E. Meyer ex Arnott; J. Bot. (Hooker). 3: 155. 1840.
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Apodytes cambodiana Pierre; A. yunnanensis Hu.
Shrubs or trees; (3-)7-10(-20) m tall. Bark gray-white; smooth; branchlets gray-brown; lenticellate; young branches densely yellow puberulent. Petiole 1-2.5 cm; densely puberulent when young; becoming sparsely so; leaf blade adaxially yellow-green; black or black-brown when dry; elliptic or narrowly elliptic; 6-15 x 3-7.5 cm; glabrous or abaxially on midvein slightly hairy; lateral veins 5-8 pairs; conspicuous abaxially; reticulate veins slender; base cuneate; apex acute or shortly acuminate. Panicles terminal; densely yellow puberulent. Flowers light yellow or white; pedicel shorter than 1 mm; densely yellow puberulent. Calyx yellow-green; ca. 0.5 mm; outside sparsely puberulent. Petals yellow-green; oblong; ca. 4 x 1 mm. Filaments purple-green; ca. 1.5 mm; anthers yellow-green; ca. 1.5 mm. Ovary ca. 1.5 mm; densely yellow pubescent; style ca. 2.5 mm; glabrous. Drupe green when young; red to black-red when mature; oblong; ca. 10 x 7 mm; base with a discoid fleshy appendage; with persistent style. Fl. and fr. all seasons.
Sparse woods; dense forests; scrub; 500-1900 m. W Guangxi; S Hainan; S Yunnan [India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; tropical and subtropical Africa].
Also known as white pear; it is a good timber species.