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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark greyish, scaly; blaze cream. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, lenticellate, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole up to 0.7 cm long, planoconvex to slightly canaliculate when dry, glabrous; lamina 4-7 x 1.5-3 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, apex obtuse, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire, glabrous beneath, coriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves up to 7 pairs, obscure or visible when dry; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary racemes; flowers white. |
Fruit& seed : | Drupe; seed one. |