Euclea dewinteri Retief

A virgate, single-to multi-stemmed shrublet, 1-2 m high, branched at the ends of the stems. Branches hairy when young, glabrescent when older. Leaves simple, spirally arranged; crowded at the ends of the branches; blade broadly ovate to elliptic, 5-26 x 3-15 mm, densely hairy when young, glabrescent when older, apex obtuse to rounded, base rounded, margin entire; petioles more or less appressed, 1-3 mm long, densely hairy when young, glabrescent when older. Inflorescence with both male and female flowers single or in 3-flowered pseudocymes. Flowers dioecious. Male flowers greenish yellow to dull white; calyx saucer-shaped, densely hairy, 4-lobed, deltoid; corolla campanulate, cleft at least halfway down or more, appressed trichomes present along the middle, 2.5-3 mm long; stamens with filaments 0.75 mm long; ovary rudimentary, usually with two slender styles, densely hairy, disc present. Female flowers smaller than male flowers; corolla subcam-panulate, 2-2.5 mm long; staminodia present. Fruit a globose berry with a persistent non-accrescent calyx, purplish black when ripe, hairy when young, 5.5-7 mm in diameter, one-seeded; seed globose, 4-6 mm in diameter, divided into three parts by two thin curved lines and a shallow groove.