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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees up to 4 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, puberulent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1.3-2.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-14.5 x 2-5.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex long acuminate, base acute-attenuate, margin entire and revolute, glabrous; midrib raised above; intramarginal nerves double; secondary_nerves ca. 5 pairs, not prominent or obscure; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary fascicled; flowers unisexual, monoecious, sessile. |
Fruit& seed : | Berry, smooth, purplish black when ripe with persistent style; seeds 2-3. |