Much-branched, up to 1-2-(4) m. tall; branches rigid, divaricate, bark dark reddish brown; branchlets rather slender, ± interlacing, pubescent when young. Lvs few together in fascicles on short branchlets, or paired; petioles narrowly winged, 1-2 mm. long, pubescent. Stipules triangular, acute, pubescent, ciliolate. Lamina thick, coriac., dark green above, whitish to subglaucous below, suborbicular to oval to broad-oblong, rounded to subtruncate, abruptly narrowed to base, 6-10-(15) × (3)-5-(10) mm.; margins ciliolate when young, recurved. Venation ± obscure on both surfaces, or midrib evident below. ♂ solitary or 2-4 together on short branchlets; calyx 0; corolla funnelform, lobes ovate, acute, = or > tube. ♀ solitary, terminal on short branchlets; calyx-teeth minute; corolla-tube short, lobes long, narrow, acute. Drupe yellow or white, globose, 5-6 mm. diam. [Oliver, loc. cit. 81, has of the ♀ "corolla with short tube and 4 long, narrow, acute lobes, or tubular with short lobes".]
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