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Tree;
all parts with white latex; bark finely textured; leaves short-petioled,
blade narrow, widest towards the apex (oblanceolate), margin entire,
apex acute; flowers pale yellow, borne among the leaves near the
branch tips; fruit a somewhat angular drupe.
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Listed as an important source of pollen and/or nectar for bees (Souza Novello 1981).