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| Habit : | Trees up to 25 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark blackish brown, flakes; blaze brown. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, fulvous pubescent when young. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.6-1.1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-12 x 3-7.5 cm, narrow ovate to ovate, apex acute to acuminate with blunt tip, base acute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, drying brown; midrib flat above; secondary_nerves 5-8, not prominent, lower most pairs close; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers in axillary sessile clusters, cream; female flowers 1-3, axillary. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, oblong-ovoid, 2.3 x 3.5 cm, rugose; calyx_persistent; 1-seed per cell. |