Tree 7.5–20(–30) m. tall, with a trunk up to 10 m. tall and 20–90 cm. wide; bark greyish-white, smooth, fibrous or furrowed; branchlets glabrous, ridged.. Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong-lanceolate or obovate-oblong, slightly falcate, 2.5–25(–29) cm. long, 1.2–6.3 cm. wide, narrowly acuminate at the apex, cuneate or rounded but ± decurrent at the base, subcoriaceous, discolorous, shining above, glabrous, the 10–24 lateral nerves impressed above, prominent beneath; veins reticulate; petiole channelled, 0.3–1 cm. long.. Flowers 2–8 in fascicles; pedicels 0.8–2.5(–3.8) cm. long, glabrous; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, ± 2 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, very deciduous.. Sepals broadly ovateor almost round, 1.5–2 mm. long and wide, ciliate.. Outer petals erect, green or greenish-yellow, obovate or obovate-oblong, 0.5–1.2 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide, mostly obtuse, subcoriaceous; inner petals broadly ovate or rounded, 2–2.5(–5) mm. long and wide, concave, ciliolate.. Stamens obpyramidal, 0.75–1 mm. long, the connective truncate.. Fruiting pedicels 1.5–2.8 cm. long, glabrous; monocarps 4–9, subglobose, ellipsoidal or transverse, 1.5–2.5 cm. long and wide, 1–2 seeded, slightly constricted between the seeds when 2-seeded, glabrous, tuberculate; stipes ± 7 mm. long.. Seeds globose or ellipsoid, 1.2–1.5 cm. in diameter, tuberculate.. Fig. 5.
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A medium sized tree. It grows up to 27 m high. The trunk can be 3 m across. The branches are horizontal. The leaves are very glossy and elongated. They are in 2 rows. The leaves are 10-25 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are leathery. There are 10-15 pairs of thin curving veins. The flowers are greenish-yellow. A few flowers occur in a cluster in the axils of leaves. The fruit are long and spread out from one point. They are 2.5 cm long by 1.2 mm thick. They are woody and have 2 seeds.
A tree up to 90 ft. high with horizontal branches
Bark pale grey, slash moist and fragrant
Young leaves often very long
Wood light, floats easily.
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