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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 10 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark light brown, smooth, fissured when old; blaze reddish. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branches horizontal; branchlets opposite, subangular, glabrous. |
| Exudates : | Latex yellowish, profuse. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1.5 cm long, planoconvex, glabrous, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 6-12 x 1.5-4.3 cm, narrow-elliptic to narrow-obovate, apex obtuse or acute to slightly acuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin slightly repand, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous; secondary_nerves 4-7 pairs, with many intersecondary_nerves; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers polygamodioecious, male flowers in axillary and terminal clusters; female flowers solitary, terminal or axillary. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry globose, smooth; many seeded. |