Phyllobotryon spatulatum

Phyllobotryon spatulatum is a large shrub or small tree native to tropical West Africa.

Description
The species grows to about 12 ft in height. Its leaves are uncommonly large and grow to 40 in long by 7 in wide. It is especially noted for its flowers, which grow in several evenly-spaced clusters along the midrib of the leaves. It is believed that an inflorescence has become fused to the midrib, as in the lindens (Tilia spp). The small red flowers are trimerous, with 3 sepals, 3 petals a pistil with 3 stigmata and about thirty stamens.