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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-1.2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-26.5 x 3-10.2 cm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, apex acute, base attenuate to decurrent, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 12-15 pairs; tertiary_nerves slender reticulo-percurrent. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence terminal corymbs, congested; peduncle elongated, up to 15 cm long, pubescent; flowers sessile, white. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry, nearly globose; seeds 2. |