Bush or small tree 1–4.5 m. tall; young branches glabrous or occasionally with a puberulous line on both sides, covered with moderately shiny light brown to buff bark.. Leaf-blades elliptic, 2–12 cm. long, 0.8–5.6 cm. wide, acuminate at apex, acute at base, papery to subcoriaceous, dull to slightly shiny above, lateral and tertiary nerves raised on both faces; domatia absent or present, glabrous; petiole 2–7 mm. long; stipules triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm. long, bearing an aristate tip, 0.5–3.5 mm. long.. Flowers 5-merous, usually 1–2 single-flowered inflorescences per axil (inflorescence-stalks up to 6 mm. long) or sometimes with fascicles of up to 5 flowers; peduncle up to 2.5 mm. long, usually with an additional common segment terminating in pedicels 1–1.5 mm. long; cupular bracteoles usually 2, the lower often with subfoliaceous lobes; small free, scale-like bracteoles usually present on the pedicels.. Calyx-limb reduced to a rim.. Corolla-tube 5.5–10 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide at throat; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 mm. long, 2–4 mm. wide, acute.. Fruit red, 8–10.5 mm. long, 6–8 mm. wide; inflorescence-stalk lengthening to 1.5–5 mm.. Seeds yellowish or greenish fawn, 6–8 mm. long, 3–5 mm. wide.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-5 m tall. The bark is shiny and light brown. The leaves are opposite. They are narrowly oval and 2-12 cm long. They have a long pointed tip. The flowers are cream to white. They are tube shaped and 1 cm long with 5 pointed lobes. They occur as 1 or 2 in the axils of leaves. The fruit is fleshy and has 2 seeds. The fruit are 8-10 mm long. They have a soft skin and turn bright red. The seeds are yellow to brown and 8 mm long.
A tropical plant. It grows as an under-storey plant in the forest. In Tanzania it grows between 1,000-2,100 m above sea level. It is in areas with 800-2,100 mm rainfall.
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Under-storey vegetation in forests, at elevations from 1,000-2,100 metres.
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