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| Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark brownish, fissured; blaze pinkish. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, minutely pubescent. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules caducous; petiole 0.7-2.2 cm long, subterete, pubescent; lamina 8-23 x 3.5-10 cm, usually oblong to elliptic-oblong, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute or cuneate, margin serrate, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 5-7 pairs, obliquely ascending towards apex; tertiary_nerves closely_horizontally_percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in axillary short cymes or solitary, tomentose; petals white. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, woody, globose, apiculate 6 (-10) cm across usually brown tomentose, black when young; seeds numerous. |