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| Habit : | Trees up to 12 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Outer bark reddish brown, lenticellate; blaze reddish. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branches drooping; young branchlets subterete, glabrous. |
| Exudates : | Latex yellow, profuse. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 5-1.6 cm long, planoconvex or shallowly canaliculate above, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 5-13 x 2-6 cm; variable in shape from narrow elliptic, oblanceolate to obovate, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse, base cuneate to attenuate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous; secondary_nerves not prominent on both sides; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers polygamous, in axillary or terminal clusters; calyx cream; petals pink. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, 6-8 grooved, to 5 cm in diameter; many seeded. |