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Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk & Bark : | Bark brown, irregularly flaky; blaze red. |
Branches and branchlets : | Young branchlets subterete, slender, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole ca. 0.3 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 6-8.5 x 2-3 cm, lanceolate, apex caudate, base attenuate, margin entire, pellucid gland dotted, glabrous, pale beneath; midrib slightly canaliculate; intramarginal nerve present; secondary_nerves ca. 12 pairs; tertiary_nerves admedially ramified. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary or extra axillary branched cymes. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry; seed one. |