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Leaves alternate; petiole 1.5–5.5(8) cm. long, slender, deeply canaliculate; lamina 5–11(14) x 2–6(8) cm., lanceolate or ovate to oblong-obovate, acute to rounded but usually apiculate at apex, acute to obtuse and very often asymmetrical at base, with entire margins, papery to almost leathery, brown and ochre-coloured when dry, with 6–9 secondary nerves on each side of the midrib, net-veined.
Flowers arranged in pedunculate, bracteate, lax, terminal but apparently lateral panicles or corymbs (2.5)4–10 cm. long, with spreading branches; peduncle, rhachis, branches and bracts (falling) sometimes with scattered short hairs; pedicels short, joined at the apex.
Corolla 4–5 mm. long, glabrous, white; tube 3.5–4.0 mm. long, broadly campanulate; lobes 1.0–1.5 x 1.4–2.0 mm., rounded, erect to spreading.
Stamens inserted about the middle of the corolla tube, included; anthers c. 1 mm. long; filaments as long as the anthers.
A shrub or sometimes a small tree up to 7(10) m. high, glabrous; branches greyish or brownish, usually slender.
Calyx 3–4 mm. long with triangular lobes as long as the tube, glabrous except on the margins, rarely pubescent.
Fruit 4–5 mm. long, a little depressed, topped by the persistent style; pyrenes with 6–8 lamellae.
Ovary c. 1.2 mm. long, conical; style 2.0–2.5 mm. long, subentire, included; stigmas large.
