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*A small tree of up to 20 m tall, bark smooth, white, grey, or tan, often powdery; juvenile .*Juvenile leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate to ovate, adult leaves alternate, orbicular, cordate or rhomboid, rarely lanceolate, 7-13 cm × 5-9 cm, rounded or apiculate at apex, petiole 30-40 mm long; inflorescence .*Inflorescence simple, umbels 3-7-flowered; flower buds ovoid, operculum hemispherical, sometimes apiculate; fruit .*Fruit hemispherical to turbinate, 5-6 mm × 7-9 mm, several-ribbed, with 3 or 4 exserted valves.  ''E. platyphylla'' occurs on fertile flats which may be moist for long periods but also on ridges, generally on clayey soils. The name ''E.'' ''platyphylla'' has been used incorrectly for the hybrid between ''E. alba'' and ''E. urophylla'' . The density of the wood is 900-1010 kg/m³at 12% moisture content.