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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
Habit : | Trees ca. 10 m tall. |
Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth, greyish; blaze cream. |
Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0 5-2 cm long, canaliculate above, glabrous; lamina 4-17 (-21) x 2-7 (-9) cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex acuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, sometimes revolute, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 6-9 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary simple or branched spikes; flowers sessile, white; stamens many. |
Fruit& seed : | Drupe, ampulliform, ribbed, up to 0.7 cm across. |