Uvariastrum pierreanum

Uvariastrum pierreanum is a tree or shrub in the Annonaceae family, growing up to 25 m tall with a trunk diameter of 40 cm. It lacks stilt roots or buttresses. The leaves are elliptic to obovate, 6–16 cm long, with a papyraceous to subcoriaceous texture. The inflorescences are cauliflorous or ramiflorous, bearing 1–3 flowers per inflorescence. The flowers have 9 perianth parts in 3 whorls, with sepals 15–25 mm long and petals that are free and subequal. The species is distributed across Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Republic of the Congo.