Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina ovate to nearly orbicular, 2-4 by 1.8-2.5 cm, shortly cuneate at the base to a petiole 2-4 mm long, rounded at the apex, glossy above, dull below; venation pinnate with only the midrib faintly visible. Inflorescences at the nodes, pedunculate 4-rayed umbels of triads with the central flowers sessile; peduncle 19-26 mm long, very slender; rays 3-4 mm long, spreading, thicker than the peduncle; pedicels of the lateral flowers c. 2 mm long; bracts with complex dorsal protuberances. Corolla in mature bud 4-merous, 16-18 mm long, very slender, weakly clavate and acute at the apex, red. Anther c. 1 mm long, about one third as long as the free part of the filament.
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