Vasilis Teodoridis:
Icacinaceae | Platea
2. Platea parvifolia Merrill & Chun; Sunyatsenia. 5: 112. 1940.
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Trees 8-18 m tall. Bark gray; branchlets glabrate. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; adaxially grooved; leaf blade abaxially light green; adaxially dark green; oblong; 6-10 x 2.5-4 cm; leathery or thinly so; midvein prominent abaxially; slightly concave adaxially; lateral veins 6 or 7 pairs; slightly prominent abaxially; reticulate veins inconspicuous; base broadly cuneate; apex obtusely acuminate. Flowers reddish green in bud. Staminate flowers in many-flowered axillary panicles; not seen. Pistillate flowers in few-flowered axillary racemes; racemes ca. 1 cm; densely tomentose; bracts ovate; ca. 2 mm; sepals triangular; ca. 2 mm; denticulate; ovary terete; stigma discoid. Drupe green; ellipsoid-ovoid; ca. 3 x 1.5 cm; apex obtuse; fruiting peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Fl. after Feb; fr. Oct.
? Forests; 700-900 m. Hainan (Dongfang).