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Habit : | Small trees, up to 8 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark grey, flaky; blaze red. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets slender, flattened. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules in pairs 0.3 cm long, lanceolate, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.2-0.4 cm long, flat above; lamina 4-8 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic, apex obtuse to slightly acuminate with blunt tip, base acute, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, chartaceous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves inconspicuous; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers axillary, solitary; petals yellow to white, anthers excerted. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, narrow ellipsoid; 1-seeded. |