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Habit : | Large shrubs to small trees up to 4 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greysih-brown, lenticellate; blaze whitish-cream. |
Branches and branchlets : | Branchlets terete, pubescent when young. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.7-1.3 cm long, canaliculate in cross section, tomentose; lamina 6.5-11 x 3-4.3 cm, elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute, margin entire, glabrous; nervation impressed above; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves ca. 8 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence racemes, to 15 cm long, pendulous; peduncle to 3 cm long; pedicel 0.8 cm long; flowers zygomorphic, yellow; petals 3, lower one boat shaped. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, obcordate, inflated; seeds 2, globose, compressed; carunlce orange-red. |