About Scolopia mundii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Warb.
Scolopia mundii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Warb. grows as either a tree or a shrub, with two distinct growth forms adapted to different habitat conditions. The forest-grown form is a medium to tall tree reaching 10 to 35 meters in height, developing a spreading crown and a typically fluted trunk. The form growing in more open environments is a shrub to small tree, standing 3 to 10 meters tall with a compact, dense crown. Its leaves are simple, serrated, glabrous, leathery, and arranged alternately along stems. Leaves have an ovate shape, tapering abruptly at the apex and rounded at the base. Each leaf has 4 to 6 pairs of lateral veins that curve upwards without reaching the leaf margin, and these veins are visible on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces. Mature leaves measure 20 to 80 millimeters long and 20 to 50 millimeters wide, attached by pink to red petioles that are 3 to 10 millimeters in length. Flowers are small, green-white, and arranged in dense axillary racemes 20 to 30 millimeters long. The individual bisexual flowers measure 4 to 8 millimeters across. Fruits are smooth and globose, reaching up to 13 millimeters in diameter. Each fruit holds 1 to 2 seeds, and ripens to a yellow to orange color.
