Shrub, 3-5 m. Leaves chartaceous to thin-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic, sometimes ovate, 3.5-6.5 by 1.5-3.5 cm, base cuneate rarely rounded, apex acute, margin obscurely serrulate in upper half; nerves 5-7 pairs, +-elevated on both surfaces, veins reticulate, ± elevated above, visible or obscure beneath; petiole 5-10 mm; 2-4 small, with conical to subulate appendages at the base on each side, persistent but breaking off easily. Stipules c. 5 mm. Inflorescences up to 7 cm long, axillary, solitary, on several nodes along the young branches, usually few-flowered cincinnal cymes; internodes distinct, up to 1.5 cm, very rarely with a few short internodes between the long ones; peduncles 1.5-4 cm. Flowers sessile, not resinous, slightly obovoid-oblong, c. 6 by 3 mm. Calyx lobes 5, ovate, c. 1.6 by 1 mm, acuminate, sparsely puberulous on the margins and towards the base inside. Petals persistent, obovate-spathulate, c. 2.25 by 1 mm, unguiculate, lamina short-fimbriate. Filaments 3.5-4.5 mm, the lower 2/5 united into a tube, free parts fleshy; anthers small, c. 0.4 by 0.25 mm, obtuse. Disk fleshy, distinctly 10-lobed. Ovary 1-celled, 10-ovuled; style cylindric, c. 3.5 mm, slightly and gradually thickened towards the base; stigma obscurely capitate. Fruits dark-red, broadly ellipsoid or subglobose, 13-15 by 10-13 mm. Seed 1, oblong-obovoid, slightly ribbed, c. 8 by 3 mm, reddish to dark brown. Embryo straight.
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