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Trees or shrubs up to 15 m. high; young branches deep green when young, rusty-brown and ± channelled when mature. Petiole 1–3 mm. long; leaf-blade glabrous, grey-green above at maturity, ovate-lanceolate, 4–9 cm. long, 2–4 cm. wide, rounded to subacute at apex, cuneate to rounded at the base; midrib prominent beneath, ± conspicuous above; secondary veins (6–)7–10 pairs, slightly raised beneath. Inflorescence of single or fasciculate racemes up to 3 cm. long; bracts small, oblanceolate, caducous, rarely foliaceous; pedicels 1–2.5 mm. long; buds clavate, up to 9 mm. long. Flowers white, cream or greenish. Calyx cupuliform, accrescent, 1.5–2 mm. in diameter. Petals 3, spathulate, 7–11 mm. long, ± recurved at maturity. Fertile stamens 3; filaments adnate to petals; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm. long, yellow. Staminodes 5–6; anthers elongate, 2–3 mm. long, white, bifurcate at base. Ovary conical; style up to 5 mm. long; stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Fruit a globose drupe, 1–2.5 cm. in diameter, orange when ripe; accrescent calyx up to 5 mm. in diameter. Seed woody, large, ± 1 cm. in diameter. Fig. 3/1–4, p. 8.