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| Habit : | Trees up to 12 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark greyish black, flaky; blaze dull red. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Young branchlets terete to slightly angular, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole up to 1.5 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 19 x 6.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to obtuse, base acute to attenuate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, strongly reticulate on both surfaces; midrib canaliculate; secondary_nerves ca. 8 pairs. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male inflorescence 3-7 flowered axillary cymes; female flowers solitary, axillary. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, 4 cm across, reddish velvety, fruiting_calyx large, reflexed; seeds 4-8, smooth, pulp viscid, turning black when exposed. |