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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Status: Literatures
Habit : | Trees up to 6 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark grey, corky lenticellate; blaze yellowish. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, puberulous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule interpetiolar caducous and leaving scar; petiole up to 1 cm long, planoconvex in corss section, pubescent when young; lamina 7.5- 16.5 x 4-7.4 cm, elliptic or narrow obovate, apex acuminate, base acute or cuneate, margin crenate (usually above two third of its length), membranous or chartaceous, glabrous beneath; midrib flat or slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 7-8 pairs, gradually curved; tertiary_nerves distantly percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary cymes; flowers polygamodioecious, white; petals laciniate. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, subglobose, 0.7 cm in across, greenish black; seeds arillate. |