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It is a smooth, grey barked shrub or small tree that is capable of reaching 7 m (23 ft) in height and with a short trunk. It has leaves with simple, alternate arrangement; leaf-blade is lanceolate to oblong outline with a coriaceous and glabrous upper surface, short, fine hairs beneath; it
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Chini, Caterina; Bilia, Anna; Keita, Arouna; Morelli, Ivano (October 1992). "Protoalkaloids from Boscia angustifolia".
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