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Habit : | Trees up to 25 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark thin, scaly; blaze dull orange. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.7-1.7 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-12 x 2.5-6 cm, usually narrow oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate with blunt tip, base acute to attenuate, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib canaliculate; secondary_nerves 6-10 pairs; tertiary_nerves reticulate and prominent when dry. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers usually in 3 axillary cymes; female solitary, axillary. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, to 6 cm across, apiculate, glabrous; fruiting_calyx flat, woody with reflexed lobes; seeds 6-8. |