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| Habit : | Large deciduous tree, up to 25 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark smooth, white, peeling. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, minutely puberulous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple opposite to subopposite, sometimes upper leaves alternate; petiole 0.5 cm, planoconvex in cross section, minutely puberulous; lamina 11 x 4.5 cm, elliptic, apex acute to acuminate, base acute, glabrous, white glaucous beneath; midrib slightly canaliculate; secondary_nerves 8-10 pairs; tertiary_nerves closely_horizontally_percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in axillary panicles; petals white. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, ellipsoid, woody, 4-valved, loculicidal, 1 cm long; seeds numerous, flat, erect, falcately winged at the apex. |