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Evergreen shrub or tree up to 30 m tall. Leaf-lamina suborbicular to lanceolate-elliptic, apex emarginate to acuminate, glabrous except for a few appressed hairs on both surfaces; petiole 0.2–0.4 cm long; stipules intrapetiolar, 0.3 cm long, boat-shaped, 2-fid, caducous. Inflorescence axillary, up to 3 cm long, but usually much less, a raceme of cymules, or a congested complex cyme, or flowers in subsessile fascicles. Receptacle-tube c. 0.15 cm long. Sepals c. 0.15 cm long. Petals c. 0.25 cm long. Stamens c. 0.3 cm long. Drupe variable in shape and size, ovoid, ellipsoid or obovoid, up to 5 cm long, usually smaller.

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Source: Vascular Plants of Korup National Park

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