Habitat: coast, dry, hill, lake margin, lowland, margin, pasture, roadside, sand, shaded, shrubland, terrace

Dispersal: Seed

 Recognition
  • a very large evergreen tree up to 30 m high with bark peeling in strips to expose a mottled grey or whitish surface.
  • its juvenile leaves are opposite for many pairs and the adult leaves alternate, narrow, leathery, and slightly curved.
  • its inflorescence is in the leaf axils and is usually solitary white flower.
  • its fruit is 1-1.5 cm long and woody.