African-nutmeg

Monodora tenuifolia is a tree that can reach a height of 10 to 20 meters, with a diameter at breast height of up to 60 cm. It lacks stilt roots or buttresses. The leaves are ovate to elliptic, 6 to 21 cm long and 2 to 7.5 cm wide, with a cuneate base and an acuminate apex. The tree produces bisexual flowers with 9 perianth parts arranged in 3 whorls. The species is distributed across several countries in equatorial Africa, including Angola, Benin, Cameroon, and Nigeria.