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Habit : | Trees up to 15 m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules caducous; petiole 1.2-2 cm long, swollen at apex, pubescent, lamina 17-30 x 6-10 cm, oblong, apex abruptly caudate-acuminate, base acute and asymmetric, margin entire, coriaceous, minutely pubescent on midrib beneath; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs, obliquely ascending towards apex; tertiary_nerves closely and horizontally_percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in fascicles on short peduncles on older branches, white; stamens many. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, woody, globose, to 15 cm across, dark brown tomentose; seeds numerous, angular. |