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Habit : | Trees up to 8 m tall. |
Branches and branchlets : | Branchlets quadrangular and narrowly winged, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole to 0.4-0.8 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 15-28 x 3.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate, apex gradually long acuminate, base cordate or subcordate, margin entire, chartaceous to coriaceous, pellucid gland dotted, glabrous, midrib canaliculate above; intramarginal nerves present; secondary_nerves 16-22 pairs, strong beneath; tertiary_nerves reticulo-percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence in terminal cymes; flowers large, pink or white; calyx tapering in to pedicel. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, greenish pink, 3.8 cm across, crowned with persistent calyx. |