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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Status: Literatures
| Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets terete, fulvous tomentose. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipule caducous; petiole 0.6-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, fulvous tomentose; lamina 5-15 x 2.5-5 cm, narrow elliptic to elliptic-oblong, apex gradually acuminate, base acute or cuneate, margin serrate, membranous, fulvous pubescent on midrib and nerves beneath, sparsely pubescent on intercostals; midrib flat above, slightly pubescent at base; secondary_nerves 8-12 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in axillary clusters, pubescent. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, ellipsoid, to 1 cm long, orange when ripe; seeds with red aril. |