Shrubs evergreen, rarely semievergreen, to 5 m tall, with spreading to erect branches. Branchlets reddish brown to grayish brown, initially densely tomentose, glabrescent. Petiole often red, robust, 4–5 mm, tomentose; stipules caducous, brown, linear or linear-lanceolate, 4–7 mm, membranous, tomentulose; leaf blade elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 4–8.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, lateral veins 12–16 pairs, prominently raised abaxially and impressed adaxially, abaxially gray tomentose, with bloom, adaxially glabrous or pilose, rugose, base cuneate, margin entire, revolute or not, apex acute or acuminate. Compound corymbs 3.5–6 × 3–4 cm, many flowered; rachis and pedicels densely gray tomentose; bracts caducous, linear, 3–5 mm, tomentulose. Pedicel 2–4 mm. Flowers 5–6 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially gray tomentose. Sepals triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Petals spreading, white, ovate or suborbicular, 2.5–4 × 3–4 mm, glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 20, slightly longer than or nearly as long as petals; anthers purple. Ovary pilose apically; styles 2 or 3, free, somewhat not exceeding stamens. Fruit scarlet, subglobose, obovoid, or ovoid, 3–7 mm in diam., pyrenes 2 or 3. Fl. Jun, fr. Oct. 2n = 34*.
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Shrubs or trees, 1–8 m. Stems erect or arching [prostrate]; branches spiraled or distichous, ?arching?, maroon, ?slender?, initially tomentose-strigose. Leaves persistent; petiole 3–8 mm, tomentose-strigose; blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 30–90 x 8–23 mm, coriaceous, base cuneate, margins strongly revolute, veins 7–12, deeply sunken, apex gradually tapered, acute or acuminate, abaxial surfaces grayish green, initially densely villous, becoming glabrous or glabrate, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, bulging between lateral veins, sparsely pilose initially. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 20–60 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 10–50-flowered, compact. Pedicels 0.5–3(–4 mm), densely strigose-villous. Flowers (5–)6–9 mm diam.; buds white; hypanthium funnelform, pilose; sepals: margins sparsely villous, apex acute, surfaces sparsely pilose; petals spreading, white, glabrous; stamens 20, filaments white, anthers red-purple; styles 2 or 3(or 4). Pomes bright red (or with hint of crimson), broadly obovoid to globose, (5–)6–8.5 x (5–)6–8 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose; sepals depressed or flat, sparsely pilose; navel slightly open; style remnants at apex. Pyrenes 2 or 3(or 4). 2n = 34 (Germany).
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