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Habit : | Trees up to 20 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish brown, corky lenticellate; blaze cream with reddish speckles. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular, terete when mature, glabrous, lenticellate. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 2-3.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7.5-14 x 3.5-5 cm, elliptic to elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, apex acuminate or sometimes acute, base attenuate, margin entire or slightly revolute, chartaceous, glabrous beneath; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 8-14 pairs, slender; tertiary broadly reticulate or obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary or terminal panicles; flowers subsessile, white. |
Fruit and Seed : | Drupe, oblongoid, up to 2 cm long, glabrous, ribbed when dry; seed one. |