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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Shrubs or small trees ca. 4 m tall. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets subterete, compressed, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule intrapetiolar, broadly ovate and apiculate, sheathing; petiole 0.6-1.8 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 10-16 (-20) x 3.5-6 cm, oblanceolate to obovate, apex acuminate, base cuneate to decurrent, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 12-15 pairs, regular, nearly parallel, domatia at axils of secondary_nerves; tertiary_nerves obscure or broadly reticulate. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence small heads on whorled branches of peduncled cymes; flowers sessile. |
Fruit& seed : | Drupe, white, ellipsoid to 0.8 cm across, with two planoconvex pyrenes; seeds 1 per pyrene. |