Leaves broadly elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 6-12 by 3-6.5 cm, thin coriaceous, shining above, rather dull beneath, entire, acute to shortly acuminate (tip acute to obtuse), base cuneate to rounded; nerves numerous and parallel, slightly elevated on both surfaces; petiole slender, 12-15 mm. Stipules 7-10 mm long. Inflorescences distinctly cymose, up to 10 cm long, 3-6 cm pedun-cled, (di)trichotomously branched. Bracts and bracteoles 2 or 3, united at the base into a cup, their free parts ovate, acute. Lateral flowers of the ultimate cymes pedicelled and bracteolate, the central flowers ebracteolate and sessile. Flowers 6-8 mm long. Calyx lobes 5-6(-7), lanceolate, 4 mm long. Petals obovate-spathulate, 2.5-3.5 by 2 mm, unguiculate, erose. Disk fleshy. Stamens 3-4 mm long, filaments subulate, flat; anthers distinctly apiculate. Ovary 1-celled, with 10-12(-14) ovules, pendulous; style 4 mm long; stigma discoid, grooved and obscurely lobed. Fruits obovoid, excluding the persistent floral parts 7 by 3.5-4 mm, lengthwise ridged outside, 1-seeded. Seed reniform, curved, black, 5 by 3 mm, areolate.
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