Phyllobotryon spatulatum
Phyllobotryon spatulatum is a large shrub or small tree native to tropical West Africa. Description. The species grows to about in height. Its leaves are uncommonly large and grow to long by wide. It is especially noted for its flowers, which grow in several evenly-spaced clusters along the midrib of the leaves. It is believed that an inflorescence has become fused to the midrib, as in the lindens (Tilia spp). The small red flowers are trimerous, with 3 sepals, 3 petals a pistil with 3 stigmata and about thirty stamens.