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Habit : | Trees up to 35 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Outer bark pale brown to yellowish, with strong boat shape fissures; inner bark reddish. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets quadrangular, drying dark brown. |
Exudates : | Latex clear. |
Leaves : | Simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.3-0.8 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 2.5-6 (-8) x 1-4 cm, obovate, apex usually rounded or obtuse, sometimes subacuminate, base cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, glossy above; midrib flat or slightly raised above; secondary_nerves close, parallel, more acute in angle and terminating at thick margin. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers white, in axillary racemes. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, ovoid, apiculate 3.5 cm long; 1-seeded. |