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Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark brown, smooth, irregularly flaky when mature; blaze reddish brown. |
Branches and branchlets : | Branchlets stout, subterete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.4 to 1 cm log, stout, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 14-31 x 4-11.5 cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse to acuminate, base cordate or subcordate, margin entire, sometimes revolute, pellucid gland dotted, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib strongly canaliculate above; intramarginal nerves present; secondary_nerves 15-22 pairs, strong, distant; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence terminal, many flowered corymbs; flowers large, white, fragrant. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, ovoid, greenish-pink, 2.5 cm long, crowned with persistent calyx. |