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| Habit : | Trees up to 15 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, lenticellate, flush grey pubescent. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, grey pubescent when young; lamina to 9-21 x 4-9 cm, generally oblanceolate, apex abruptly long acuminate, base cuneate, grey pubescent beneath at least when young; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 7 pairs; tertiary_nerves distantly percurrent. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary slender panicles, grey pubescent. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, ovoid, 1 cm across; seed 1. |