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Habit : | Small trees, up to 6 m tall. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, minutely hairy. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipule lateral, small, ca. 0.1 cm long, subpersistent; petiole 0.3-0.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, rugose when dry, hairy when young; lamina 7-12 x 2.5-3.3 cm, narrow elliptic to lanceolate, apex long acuminate, base acute, margin entire, glaucous beneath, glabrous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Flowers : | Flowers unisexual, subsessile, in axillary clusters. |
Fruit& seed : | Capsule, 3-valved, 1.5 cm in diameter; 2 seeds per cell. |