Alyxia orophila Domin

Erect, rigid shrub to 5 m high. Leaves 3-or 4-whorled; lamina elliptic to elliptic-obovate, to 50 mm long, to 25 mm wide, cuneate, strongly revolute, acuminate, pungent-pointed, coriaceous, discolorous; secondary venation obscure. Inflorescence reduced and congested, to 2 mm long; floral bracts triangular. Flowers 6–10 mm long, 5–10 mm diam.; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 2.2–3 mm long. Corolla white; tube 5–8 mm long, 1.3–2.2 mm diam.; lobes lanceolate, 3.5–5.5 mm long, 0.8–2.5 mm wide. Stamens inserted 2–2.5 mm below top of tube. Fruits with 1 or rarely 2 articles; articles ellipsoidal, 7–8 mm long, 4–6 mm diam., orange when ripe.

Grows in stunted heathland or rainforest on granite rock outcrops and terraces and is often festooned with bryophytes and small epiphytes.