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| Habit : | Trees up to 8 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark dark grey, slightly rough; blaze light orange. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, glabrous, drooping. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.7-1.6 cm long, swollen at both ends, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 9-26 x 2.5-8.5 cm, usually lanceolate, apex gradually acuminate or subacute, base rounded or acute, sometimes subattenuate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 6-11 pairs, ascending towards apex; tertiary_nerves reticulo-percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers unisexual, solitary or in short fascicles, white. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose, to 6.5 cm across, brown tomentose, pericarp woody; seeds numerous. |