Sometwhat fastigiate shrub up to c. 2 m. tall, branches and branchlets slender, pubescent. Lvs on winged petioles 7-10-15 mm. long. Stipules narrow-triangular, obtuse, ± ciliolate, denticle prominent. Lamina thick, coriac., glab., ± glossy, orbicular to broad-oblong, truncate to emarginate or retuse, sts apiculate, narrowed to petiole; ± 10-20 × 10-20 mm. Midrib and principal veins evident, reticulations obscure. Fls solitary or paired, terminal on arrested branchlets. ♂ with long linear calyx-teeth; corolla tubular, lobes ovate, acute, > tube. ♀ with 4-5 acuminate calyx-teeth; corolla tubular, lobes narrow, acuminate, > tube. Drupe dark orange, red, or almost black, globose to oblong, 6-8 mm. long.
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