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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees up to 8 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, toemntose, glabrous when mature. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-20 x 2-4.5 cm, usually linear to narrow elliptic-oblong, sometimes narrow obovate, apex obtuse to acute with blunt tip, base acute to cuneate, margin entire, glabrous, reddish glaucous beneath, coriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 8-12 pairs; tertiary_nerves obscurely reticulo-percurrent. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence racemes; flowers unisexual. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry, oblong 2 cm long; seed 1. |