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Habit : | Trees up to 15 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greenish, smooth; blaze light orange. |
Branches and branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipule caducous; petiole 0.4-0.9 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-15 x 2.5-6.4 cm, narrow elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex acuminate, acumen usually twisted, base attenuate or subacute, margin entire or serrate, chartaceous, glabrous, with pellucid transparent dots and lines; midrib flat above; secondary_nerves 6-10 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in axillary fascicles, glabrous, white. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, 2-3 valved, subglobose to ellipsoid, orange when ripe; seeds many with arils. |