Shrubs, 2-6 m tall; branches flattened, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm, glabrous; leaf blade drying thinly leathery, elliptic-oblong to ovate or lanceolate-elliptic, 8-15 × 3-7 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, base cuneate or obtuse to rounded, apex acute to shortly acuminate with tip 5-10 mm; lateral veins 6-9 pairs, usually with pilosulous domatia; stipules triangular to broadly triangular, 2-5 mm, obtuse to acute but not aristate. Inflorescences with cymes 1-4 in each axil, each cyme subcapitate to fasciculate, 2-4-flowered, sessile to pedunculate with peduncles to 4 mm; bracts cupuliform, 1-3 mm; pedicels to 3 mm. Calyx glabrous; ovary portion cylindrical-ellipsoid, 1-1.5 mm; limb reduced or undulate, 0.1-0.5 mm. Corolla white, funnelform, outside glabrous; tube 7-10 mm; lobes 5 or 6, spatulate to narrowly elliptic, 7-10 mm, obtuse to rounded. Drupe red, ellipsoid to ovoid-oblong, 10-12 × 8-10 mm, smooth when dry, glabrous. Fr. Dec.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 4 m tall. The branches are flattened. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped and 8-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. There are 1-4 groups of flowers in each leaf axil. These have 2-4 flowers in each. The flowers are funnel shaped and white. The fruit is red and oval and 10-12 mm long by 8-10 mm wide.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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