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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, fulvous pubescent when young, later glabrous. |
Exudates : | Latex milky white, profuse. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm, canaliculate glabrous; lamina 6-18 (-25) x 2-4.5 (-10) cm, narrow elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate, apex gradually long acuminate with blunt tip, base cuneate to attenuate, margin undulate, chartaceous or subcoriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 8-13 pairs, nearly parallel; tertiary_nerves closely and horizontally percurrent. |
Flowers : | Flowers cream, sessile, in axillary clusters. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry red, elliptic to 0.7-1.5 cm long; seed one. |