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Habit : | Trees up to 20 m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, closely adpressed hairy, with scars of fallen leaves. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; stipules caducous; petiole 0.6-1.5 cm long, sparsely adpressed hairs or glabrous, canaliculate; lamina 4-8 x 2.5-4 cm, mostly obovate, apex acute with blunt tip or obtuse, base cuneate, margin serrate, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves 4-6 pairs, slender, branched with domatia in the axils beneath; tertiary_nerves reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary racemes, pubescent, 13-25 flowered; flowers white; anthers bearded at apex. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, broadly ellipsoid, 2.5 cm long, 1-seeded. |