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An erect dense evergreen shrub 0.5-2 m high or tree up to 6 m high; trunks up to 30 cm thick with a dark-coloured often almost black bark; branches somewhat spreading; young twigs densely tawny pubescent. Leaves borne in two ranks, alternate, shortly petioled; leaf-blade narrowly elliptic to ovate-oblong, deep green and glossy, glabrous or hairy above, pale dull and hairy below (drying a rich reddish-brown); nerves somewhat prominent to inconspicuous, midrib prominent below, somewhat impressed above; margin entire, fimbriate. Flowers dioecious, female or functionally male, borne in small pseudo-racemes which develop into leafy twigs, pendulous. 5-10 mm long, pentamerous, urceolate with spreading eventually reflexed corolla, creamy white; peduncle 0.5-2 cm long, densely hairy with ferruginous one-celled hairs mixed with many-celled short gland-tipped hairs which also occur on the calyx and bracts; bracts 2, separated by an internode, lanceolate to ovate-cordate, subsessile, often glabrous above and hairy below with the margins fimbriate, early deciduous. Calyx urceolate, densely hairy, shortly 5-lobed at apex of tube. Corolla deeply 5-lobed, campanulate, with lobes reflexed, thinly hairy outside and on inner surface at apex of lobes; lobes about equal to the tube. Ovary conical, hairy with a mixture of one-celled hairs and short glandular many-celled hairs, 4-6-celled with one ovule in each cell. Fruit subglobose, up to 2 cm in diam., glabrescent, red, completely enclosed in the inflated bladder-shaped calyx. Seeds 2-4 per fruit, pale brown, 8 mm long, circumvented by a thin line.
A shrub or small tree 5-7 m in height; occurring in scrub and forest. Bark: grey to almost black, smooth; branchlets greenish or pinkish, densely covered with fine rust-coloured hairs. Leaves: alternate, narrowly elliptic to ovate-oblong, 2.5-4.5 x 1-3 cm, dark green and strikingly glossy above, paler dull green with sparse hairs below, about 6 pairs of lateral veins not very prominent, net-veining visible, darker than the blade; apex narrowly tapering; base tapering to almost rounded; margin entire, rather wavy, fringed with hairs; petiole 1-2 mm long. Flowers: white, cream to pale yellow, fragrant, 5-10 mm long, almost pendulous, on hairy stalks up to 2 cm long, in short axillary sprays which later develop into leafy twigs; floral parts in 5s (Aug.-Nov.). Fruit: very distinctive, ovoid to almost round, up to 2 cm long, red, persistent calyx with 5 large lobes joined, inflated, bladder-like, up to 3 cm long, completely but loosely enveloping the fruit, drying to reddish brown (variously throughout the year, the persistent calyx remaining on the tree for months after the fruits have fallen). Seeds: 2-4.8 mm long, smooth, pale brown.
A small evergreen tree. It grows up to 12 m high. It can have one or several stems. The crown is rounded and shiny green. The bark is smooth and dark grey. The young twigs are yellow-green and have fine hairs. The leaves are alternate and in 2 ranks. They are simple and narrowly oval. They are very shiny dark green. Some leaves can be orange or red. The leaves are pale green underneath. The flowers are pale pink or white. They are in short racemes in the axils of leaves. Male and female flowers are on different plants. The fruit are almost hollow. They are a round berry. They have 4 or 5 lobes. The fruit are red to purple when ripe.
Erect, evergreen tree or shrub, 0.5-6.0 m high; bark almost black. Leaves alternate, borne in 2 ranks, glossy, deep green, narrowly elliptic to ovate-oblong. Inflorescences small pseudo-racemes. Male flowers solitary, axillary, pentamerous, urceolate with spreading reflexed corolla, white to cream-coloured; stamens 10, all fertile (sometimes replaced by staminodes); pistillode conoidal, hairy, 4-6-locular. Female flowers with 6-10 staminodes; ovary conoidal, 4-6 locular, with 1 ovule per locule; styles 2 or 3. Flowering time Aug.-Nov. Fruit red, enclosed in bladder-shaped calyx. Seed 2-4 per fruit.
Shrub or tree, 0.5-2.0(-6.0) m high; dense, evergreen. Leaves with blade narrowly elliptic to ovate-oblong, 25-45 x 10-30 mm, base cordate, upper surface dark green, glossy, lower surface paler dull green, sparsely hairy. Flowers: solitary or in small pseudo-racemes; calyx urceolate, densely hairy, shortly 5-lobed at apex of tube, bladder-shaped and enclosing fruit; corolla 5-6 mm long, creamy white; Aug.-Dec. Fruit subglobose, up to 20 mm in diameter, red, completely enclosed in inflated, bladder-shaped calyx with 5 teeth on rim; calyx remains on tree for a long time after fruits have fallen.
Leaves subcoriaceous, drying pale reddish–brown; lamina 3 x 1·4–8 x 3 cm., lanceolate, lanceolate–elliptic or elliptic; apex broadly acute to subacuminate; base rounded to cordate; margin fringed with long hyaline hairs; lower surface sparsely hairy with long, weak, appressed hairs; lateral nerves in c. 6 pairs, venation on lower surface indistinct, but darker than the lamina.
Male flowers solitary, axillary, pentamerous (rarely hexamerous); pedicel 0·5–2 cm. long; bracts 2, foliaceous, c. 0·6 x 0·25 cm., separated by an internode, ovate–lanceolate; indumentum of unicellular hairs and shorter, multicellular, glandular hairs.
Shrub or tree, 0.5-2.0 m or up to 6 m high. Leaf base cordate. Flowers pentamerous, solitary or in small pacudoracemes. Calyx urceolate, densely hairy, shortly 5-lobed at apex of tube, bladder-shaped and enclosing fruit. Flowers creamy white.
Stamens 10, all fertile or some replaced by staminodes, 0·4–0·5 cm. long; filaments 0·5–0·1 cm. long, glabrous, anthers 0·3–0·45 cm. long, lanceolate, setulose on the distal half of the connective, otherwise glabrous.
Dioecious shrub or small tree to 6 m. Leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic, glossy above, hairy beneath, margins fimbriate. Flowers few in racemes developing into shoots, creamy. Fruits red, enclosed in inflated calyx.
Pistillode conoidal, tomentellous; locules 4 or 6; styles 2–3, hairy in the united lower half.
Fruiting calyx accrescent, papery, inflated, bladder–like, completely concealing the fruit.
Calyx 0·35–0·75 cm– long, urceolate, shortly toothed, indumentum appressed to spreading.
Corolla 0·5–1·2 cm. long, campanulate, minutely puberulous, lobed to about the middle.
Staminodes 6–10, 0·12 cm. long, glabrous or sparsely setulose at apex.
Ovary 0–2 x 0·15 cm., conoidal; locules 4 or 6; styles 2 or 3.
Fruit subglobose, up to 2 cm. diameter, glabrescent.
Seeds 4 or fewer, 0·7 cm. long; endosperm smooth.
Evergreen shrub or tree up to 13 m. high.
Female flowers similar to male.
Disk fimbriate.
