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Exostema mexicanum Gray; chak sab che'

Tree; leaves opposite, simple, elliptic, base acute, margin entire and somewhat wavy, apex acute, with pronounced drip tip and interpetiolar stipules; inflorescence a terminal compound cyme, the flowers well-separated; corolla white, the tube and 5 lobes about equal in length; fruit a drupe.

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