Tree 5-28 m; trunk up to 30 cm ø. Branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves subdistichous, ovate-oblong to oblong, rarely lanceolate, apex shortly subacutely acuminate, base cuneate to the petiole, thin-charta-ceous, smooth above, finely wrinkled above, green to brownish and rather dull in dry specimens, glabrous, hardly or not pellucid-punctulate, (6-) 8-12 (-16) by (3-) 4-6 (-7.5) cm; nerves 4-5 (-6) pairs curved-ascending, slightly prominent beneath, reticulations obscure; petiole slender, hardly thickened distally, (1-) 1.5-2 cm. Flowers on axillary very short multibracteolate subglobular axes, 5-8 per cluster; pedicels glabrous, c. 1 mm, with 1 or 2 persistent minute scaly bracteoles. Calyx cupular, deeply 5-lobed, glabrous, lobes ovate, ciliate, 0.5 mm. Petals 5, linear-oblong, greenish-white, glabrous outside, hairy at apex inside, 2 by 0.5 mm. Stamens 5; filaments fully adnate to the petals; anthers ovate-oblong, 0.5 mm. Ovary superior, subglobose; style filiform, 1-2 mm. Drupe subglobular, substipi-tate-attenuate at base for 1-2 mm, apex obtuse, the persistent style base short, c. 1 cm ø; pericarp thin-fleshy, finely tubercled in the dry state as in S. ceylanica; endocarp thin-woody.
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A medium sized tree with smooth twigs. The leaves are smooth, alternate and oblong. They are bluntly rounded with a sharp point. The flowers are creamy white and clustered along the branches. The sepals are like bracts. The fruit is round and 1.25 cm across. They are hard and dark green.
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