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| Habit : | Trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish brown, smooth; blaze light orange. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 6.5-12.5 x 1.5-3 cm, linear lanceolate to linear elliptic, apex narrowly acute to gradually acuminate, base narrow acute, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves 6-7 pairs, slender; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence umbels in axillary and lateral sessile or shortly peduncled clusters; flowers unisexual. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, ellipsoid, seated on the enlarged fruiting_perianth_cup; seed 1. |