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Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish brown with white patches, flaky in mature trees. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular when young, later terete, slender, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.1 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina small, 0.6-3 x 0.2-1 cm, lanceolate, elliptic to obovate, apex obtuse, base acute - rounded, margin revolute, pellucid gland dotted, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib canaliculate; secondary_nerves and tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence terminal and axillary umbels, rarely solitary; flowers white; pedicel 0.2 cm long. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry 0.8×5 cm, globose to oblong, crowned by persistent calyx, purple; seed one. |