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| Habit : | Trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, slightly pubescent. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole ca. 0.5 cm long; lamina 7-18 x 1.5-4 cm, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute to obtuse, glabrous and sometimes shining and dark green above; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 5-8 pairs, looped; tertiary_nerves reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary or terminal; flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers in thick 8-10 cm long glabrous spikes, sessile; female flowers in racemes. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Drupes; 1-seeded. |