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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, tomentose. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole to 2.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, tomentose; lamina 4.5-15 x 2-9 cm, elliptic, apex acute to attenuate rarely obtuse, base acute, margin entire and slightly recurved, tomentose beneath, subcoriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs; tertiary_nerves horizontally percurrent. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence umbellules in racemes; peduncle 1.5 cm long; flowers unisexual, sessile. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry, ellipsoid, 1.5 cm across, accrescent perianth to about the middle. |