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| Habit : | Deciduous trees, up to 8 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark grey, scaly, blaze pinkish cream. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Exudates : | Latex milky white. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, pairs unequal, decussate; petiole 0.6-2 cm long with a short clasping sheath at base; lamina 10-25 x 3-8.5 cm, narrow elliptic, apex caudate acuminate, base acute or attenuate with decurrent, margin entire, subchartaceous, glabrous; secondary_nerves 8-15 pairs; tertiary_nerves reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in terminal cymes, white, fragrant. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Follicles, boat-shaped, orange-yellow; seeds many arillate. |