Cariniana legalis (Mart.) Kuntze

Canopy to emergent trees, to 60 m tall, the trunk cylindric to the ground. Bark vertically fissure, the outer bark as thick or thicker than the inner bark, the inner bark reddish. Stems when young, sparsely lenticellate. Leaves: petioles 3.0-5.0 mm long, the upper portion winged; blades elliptic, 4-8.5 x 2-3 cm, the base cuneate, decurrent onto petiole, the decurrent part revolute (especially when leaves are dried), the margins weakly serrate-crenulate, with 13-25 teeth on each side, the apex acuminate, the acumen 1-5 mm long; midrib prominulous adaxially, prominent, glabrous abaxially, the secondary veins in 9-11 pairs, without domatia at junction with midrib, prominulous on both surfaces. Inflorescences ramiflorous or infrequently axillary, usually racemes or less frequently sparsely branched paniculate arrangements of racemes, the rachises puberulous; pedicels 0.5-1 mm long, sparsely puberulous. Flowers 4-6 mm diam.; calyx-lobes obscure, 0.8-1 mm long, sparsely puberulous abaxially; petals oblong-ovate, ca 4 mm long, white, the inside sometimes reported to be red; androecium prolonged on one side to form slightly developed ligule, ca. 3 mm diam. at base, the stamens ca 50, mostly attached toward apex, with a few free filaments arising from base, the anthers yellow; style very short. Fruits 4.5-6.5 x 1.5-3 cm, the calycine ring indistinct, 0.4-0.8 cm below apex, the pericarp 2-3 mm thick at apex, the opercular rim not toothed, the operculum 1-1.5 cm diam.