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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 8 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous, purplish brown. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1.3 cm long; lamina 7.5-15 x 2.5-6.5 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acute, base acute to cuneate, margin reflexed, coriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves prominent on the lower surface, 9-11 pairs, running parallel and looped near margin; tertiary_nerves admedially_ramified. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in sessile clusters, axillary. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, oblong, 1.5-2 cm long; 1-seeded. |