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Evergreen tree, hermaphrodite, up to 8(9) m in height, umbrella-shaped in old specimens. Trunk straight, with 3-5 branches on its end divided dichotomously 5(-6) times. Branches slightly thick, bearing the scars of the leaves, that form dense fascicles at the end of the last branch divisions. Leaves up to 60 \u00d7 3 cm, erect, linear, glaucous, slightly thick, upper side slightly canaliculate and convex underside, margins smooth, widened clasping base, dark purple in colour, and apex gradually tapered into an acute, thick and rigid tip. Inflorescence paniculate, up to 50 cm long, highly branched, with very small bracts, ovate-lanceolate. Flowers pedicellate, with fused tepals at the base to form a short campanulate tube, and lobes of 4-6 mm, linear, whitish. Stamens somewhat shorter than the perianth, with a flat filament. 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