Chionanthus leopoldii

(Chionanthus leopoldii)

Description

Chionanthus leopoldii grows as a tree up to 13 metres (40 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 centimetres (12 in). The bark is greyish. The flowers are pale greenish. The fruit is purple or red-brown when ripe, round, up to 1.8 centimetres (1 in) in diameter. Its habitat is mixed dipterocarp forest from 100 metres (300 ft) to 700 metres (2,300 ft) altitude. C. leopoldii is endemic to Borneo.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Oleaceae
Genus:Chionanthus
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