Cananga brandisiana

It is a tree reaching 25 meters in height. Its trunk has grey bark. Its long branches have a round cross-section and are covered in woolly hairs when young, but are hairless when mature. Its petioles are 12-20 mm long and covered in woolly hairs. Its hairless, elliptical leaves are 8-16 by 7-11 cm. One to eight fragrant flowers are on peduncles that are 10-20 mm long. Subtending the peduncles are oval bracts that are 1.5-2.0 by 2.0 cm and covered in woolly hairs. About midway along the length of the peduncles is a bracteole that is 8 by 2-5 mm and covered in woolly hairs. Its sepals are 5 mm long and come to a shallow point. Its oblong, fleshy petals are 4-7 cm long and 2 cm wide at their widest point. The petals come to a point at their tip and are covered in woolly hairs. The flowers have about 240 stamens. The receptacles of the flowers are hairy. Its flowers have 24 carpels that are covered in fine downy hairs. Its styles are hairless. Its ovaries have variable numbers of ovules. Its cylindrical fruit is on pedicels that are 5 mm long. The contour of the fruit is constricted around its seeds. The fruit contains two or three flattened, brown, shiny seeds that are 6 by 12 mm.[4]