Plant
- Large tree
- Up to 60' tall, with a 40' spread
- Evergreen where hardy
Twig
- Opposite or whorled leaf arrangement
Leaf
- 4-12" long
- Smooth to sparsely toothed edges
- Leathery
Flower
- 1' long, pendulous clusters
- Creamy to greenish white
- Lacking petals
Fruit
- 1" long
- Spherical
- Green, leathery husk enclosing shell
Seed
- ½-¾" long
- Somewhat flattened sphere with abrupt tapered point
- Brown shell surrounds edible white seed
