Slender shrub 1–4.5 m. or small tree up to 6(–15) m. high.. Young branches pilose or pubescent, later glabrous.. Petiole 2–4 mm. long, glabrous to pubescent; leaf-blade oblong or elliptic-oblong, ± irregular, 50–85(–110) mm. long, 20–38(–58) mm. wide, acuminate apex 5–10 mm. long, chartaceous, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, midrib and lateral nerves prominent on both sides, light green beneath.. Flowers white or yellowish white, solitary or paired; pedicel 1–2 mm. long, slightly pubescent like the small triangular bracts.. Calyx-tube 20–30 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, almost glabrous to densely puberulous or tomentose; lobes ovate to ovate-oblong, 6–12 mm. long, 2–4.5 mm. wide, sericeous on the outside or pubescent on the margins, puberulous or almost glabrous on the inside.. Petals equal to or slightly longer than the calyx-lobes, divided almost to the base; lobes spathulate, 6–12(–14) mm. long, 1.5–4 mm. wide, almost entire to irregularly denticulate at the top.. Filaments 0.5–2 mm. long; anthers 1–1.5 mm. long, exserted.. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous; disc 1–2 mm. high, deeply lobed; style exserted, stigma papillate.. Fruit red, 10–12 mm. long, 7–9 mm. wide.. Fig. 1, p. 3.
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