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Habit : | Trees about 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark thin flaky in old trees. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules in pairs, linear-lanceolate, acute, 1.2 cm long, pubescent, subpersistent; petiole 0.25-0.7 (-1.2) cm long, terete sometimes subcanaliculate, pubescent; lamina 8-22 x 2.5-7.7 cm, usually oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, apex gradually acuminate with mucronate tip, base acute to rounded or cuneate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous except on midrib; secondary_nerves prominent beneath, 5-9 pairs, ascending; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary or terminal racemes; flowers unisexual, dioecious; clusters of flowers in male distant than in female. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, elliptic, somewhat oblique, turning red; seed 1. |