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Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish black, small flaky; blaze dull red. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.2-0.4 cm long, terete, pubescent; lamina 4-11 x 1.5-4.5 cm, usually elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex acuminate with blunt tip, base acute to rounded, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, densely pubescent on midrib beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs, slender; tertiary_nerves slender, weakly percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual; male flowers in fascicled cymes; female flowers axillary, solitary. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, oblong or globose, 1.5 cm across, glabrous; fruiting_calyx not enlarged; seeds 2-4. |