Homalanthus populifolius

Shrub or tree to 12 m high. Leaves with lamina orbiculate to ovate, 3–15(–20) cm long, 2.5–12 cm wide, base truncate or obtuse, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous, lower surface whitish or greyish with 0–2 minute glands, upper surface at the junction of lamina base and petiole with an undivided, disc-shaped, prominent gland, 0.75–1 mm diam.; petiole 1.5–12 cm long, glandless; stipules 10–20 mm long. Inflorescence 4–9 cm long; bracts usually with 1–3 pairs of sessile glands, each gland 0.25(–0.6) mm long, pillow-shaped and uniformly glaucous-papillate. Male flowers 1(–3) per bract; sepals 2; stamens 6–8. Ovary 2-celled, papillate or glabrous. Stigma undivided with a minute apical gland c. 0.4 mm long or rarely glandless. Fruit 5–8 mm long, 8–10 mm wide, smooth; seeds partly covered by caruncle. Flowers Jul.–Jan.