Shrub or tree to 7 m high, sometimes multistemmed. Leaves: lamina oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, rarely oblong-obovate or oblanceolate, mostly 2.5–11 cm long and 0.4–2.5 cm wide, cuneate or attenuate at base, serrate to almost entire margin, acute or obtuse at apex, subcoriaceous, discolorous; secondary veins 6–10 pairs; petiole 3–11 mm long. Inflorescence many-flowered, 1–4 cm long; pedicels c. 1 mm long. Sepals ± semicircular, concave, slightly erose, c. 1.5 mm long. Petals ovate, c. 2.5 mm long. Staminal filaments c. 1.5 mm long. Ovary partly immersed in disc, 3–5-locular, with 2, rarely 4, ovules per locule; style 1–1.3 mm long; stigmas 3–5. Capsule depressed-globular or slightly obovoid, often obtusely 3–5-angular, 12–15 mm long, 20–24 mm wide. Seed almost completely enveloped in aril.
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