Homalanthus Populifolius

A monoecious completely glabrous shrub or small tree 2–3.5 m. tall.

Female flowers:pedicels 5 mm. long, extending to 2–3.5 cm. long in fruit; calyx-lobes 2, transversely ovate, 1 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, rounded, minutely denticulate, greenish white; ovary 2-locular, ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 mm. long, 0.8 mm. diameter, smooth; styles 2, 3–4 mm. long, subpersistent, the arms each with a small abaxial gland near the apex. Male flowers:pedicels 1.5–2 mm. long, articulate near the base; sepals 2, reniform-soleiform, 1 mm. long and wide, rounded, shallowly denticulate to subentire, yellowish green or greenish white; sta-mens 8, anthers 4-lobed, 0.6–0.7 mm. diameter, the lobes minutely papillulose, bright golden-yellow.

Fruit bilobate, 8–9 mm. long and wide, ± smooth, dull green or grey-green. Columella 6–7 mm. long, flat.