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| Habit : | Trees up to 12 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark brown. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets obtusely quadrangular, glabrous. |
| Exudates : | Latex yellow. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 1-1.8 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 5-11 x 1.3-2.5 cm, narrow oblong, apex obtuse, base acute, margin revolute, coriaceous, glabrous; secondary_nerves nearly perpendicular to midrib, parallel; tertiary_nerves finely reticulate, impressed above in older leaves. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers dioecious; male flowers in terminal cymes; female flowers one or two in upper axils. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry oblong to subglobose with persistent style and broad stigma, usually 1-seeded. |