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Habit : | Trees up to 15 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish brown, corky lenticellate. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular, terete when mature, glabrous, lenticellate. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 2-3 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 8-15 x 4.5-5 cm, elliptic, apex acute, base attenuate, margin entire or slightly wavy, coriaceous, glabrous and paler beneath; midrib slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 8-12 pairs, slender; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate or obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary, cymose panicles, 8 cm long, glabrous; flowers pale yellow; pedicel 0.2 cm long. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, ellipsoid, oblique, up to 3.5 cm long, glabrous, purple when ripe; seed one. |