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Flowers 5-merous in 1–2 single-flowered inflorescences per axil and/or 2–7-flowered fascicles, often coated with a sticky exudate; single-flowered inflorescence stalks 8–10 mm long in total, not hidden by cupules; peduncle c. 2 mm long, 7 mm long in fruit; common inflorescence segment often present; pedicels 3–4 mm long; lower 1–2 cupules small, upper one larger, sometimes with rudimentary foliar lobes; bracteole cupule deeply divided, sometimes almost to the base; bractlets scale-like, small to reduced and scar-like.
Leaf blades 6–12.2 × 2.5–5.6 cm, elliptic to broadly elliptic in shape, acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, papery to subcoriaceous, slightly to moderately shiny above; lateral nerves in 6–8 main pairs, tertiary nerves raised on both surfaces; domatia sparsely pubescent to pubescent; petiole 0.5–1 cm long; stipule limbs triangular, 2–3 mm long, acute to truncate, then with an arista not exceeding 1 mm.
Glabrous bush or small tree 2–5 m tall; young branches covered with shiny red bark, older branches buff and sometimes dark-spotted, often with transverse cracks.
Fruit greenish with rose-coloured striations, becoming black when mature, 7–9 × 6–8 mm; stipe lengthening to 9 mm.
Corolla tube 6–10 mm long, 4 mm wide at throat; lobes 10–11 × 3–5 mm, oblong, rounded.
Calyx limb not exceeding disk.
Seeds 6 × 4 mm.
