Epiphytic shrub, 1-1.5 m, ramose. Branches and branchlets erect, terete, sparsely subappressed-ly setose initially, glabrescent, the bark then fissured. Leaves elliptic or subobovate, apex obtuse, the terminal gland manifest and protruding beyond the lamina, base cuneate into the petiole, coriaceous, glabrous above, punctate beneath, margin somewhat recurved, entire, 3.5-5.5(-6.5) by (2-)2.5-3.5 cm, 3-plinerved nearly from the base, midrib and nerves impressed above, rather obscure beneath as are some nerves higher from the midrib, the latter high ascending to the top of the lamina; petiole glabrous, 3-5(-6) mm. Flowers axillary, solitary or rarely in pairs. Pedicels slender, whether or not laxly appressedly short-setulose, moreover with a fine rufous pubescence, 8-13(-20) mm. Bracteoles broad-ovate, ciliolate, 0.7 mm. Calyx c. 3 mm, glabrous or minutely verruculose, lobes ovoid, obtuse, ciliolate, c. 2 mm. Corolla ovoid, whitish pink, glabrous, c. 1 mm, lobes short. Filaments filiform, glabrous; anthers oblong-lanceolate, cordate at the base, papillose, 2 mm. Ovary laxly to subdensely clad with brownish hairs on the top; style glabrous, rather thick, 4 mm. Fruit black, c. 7 mm ø.
In mountain forest, 1050-1400 m. Fl. Febr., March, July, Aug.
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