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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees up to 10 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark greyish, smooth; blaze brownish. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, glabrescent. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.2-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrescent; lamina 5-10.5 x 1.5-7 cm, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse or acute to shortly acuminate with retuse tip, base cuneate, margin serrate, pubescent when young at least on midrib beneath, coriaceous, dark green and shining above, pale beneath; midrib slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 8-14 pairs, not raised, looped near margin; tertiary_nerves obscure or broadly reticulate if visible. |
Flowers : | Flowers large, solitary, white, terminal or axillary at twig ends; pedicel 0.2-0.5 cm long. |
Fruit& seed : | Capsule, loculicidal, oblong, woody, up to 3 cm long, 5-valved; seeds many, with white wings at one end. |