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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete to compressed, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules linear - subulate with broad base to 0.9 cm long; petiole 0.4-1.2 cm long, glabrous, planoconvex in cross section, sometimes canaliculate due to folding of its margin; lamina 6-16 x 2-6 cm, variable in shape, narrow elliptic to elliptic or oblanceolate to narrow-obovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous, black when dry; midrib flat above; secondary_nerves 6-12 pairs; tertiary_nerves slender broadly reticulate to reticulo-percurrent. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence terminal panicled cyme; flowers white. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry 0.7 cm across, nearly globose; seeds two. |