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Habit : | Small trees, up to 8 m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole about 0.3-0.4 cm long; lamina 6.5-8.5 x 3.5-4.7 cm, broadly elliptic or obovate, apex rounded, sometimes with retuse tip, base rounded or cuneate, margin revolute, coriaceous, pale beneath; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs, not prominent above; tertiary_nerves admedially_ramified. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in sessile clusters at axils or on older branches. |
Fruit and Seed : | Capsule ellipsoid with persistent style, 1-seeded. |