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| Habit : | Trees, up to 35 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Trunk fluted near base; bark scaly. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Terete. |
| Exudates : | Watery and acrid. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 1.2-6.2 cm long, swollen at base, planoconvex in cross section; lamina 8-25 x 1.7-6 cm, narrow oblong-elliptic or lanceolate, apex gradually acuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin slightly undulate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves many, nearly straight or gradually curved 28 to 30 pairs; tertiary_nerves reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence terminal panicle; flowers polygamous, greenish white. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, fleshy; single seeded, compressed. |