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Habit : | Small trees up to 6 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark brown, smooth. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets subterete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole ca. 1 cm long, stout, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 10-21.5 (34) x 4-7.5 (11.5) cm, elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate to cuneate, margin entire or obscurely crenate towards apex, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous, gland dotted; midrib flat above; secondary_nerves 9-20 pairs, slender; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate or obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary or lateral umbels; flowers pink; peduncle up to 12 cm long. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, 0.8 cm across, bright red; seed one. |