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Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark smooth, brownish; blaze yellowish. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, densely stellate hairy. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.8-3 cm long, stellate hairy; lamina 3.8-13 x 2-6 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, base subcordate, irregularly serrate or crenate, stellate hairy on both surfaces, trinerved at base; secondary_nerves 4-6 pairs; tertiary_nerves strongly reticulate; stipitate glands 2 pairs, at the junction of lamina and petiole beneath. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence racemes with male flowers towards apex and female flowers at base. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, 0.8-1 cm diameter, subglobose, white stellate hairy; seeds 3. |