Shrubs 3-4 m. high; twigs terete, at first brown-tomentose intermixed with white hairs, later glabrate. Leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, long-acuminate and mucronate at the apex, up to 7 cm. long and 1.0-2.5 cm. wide, subcoriaceous or membranaceous, sparsely white-pilose on both sides, glabrescent, the midrib im-pressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral nerves numerous, inconspicuous on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, 3-to 7-flowered, tomentose. Flowers white. Bracts setaceous, 2 mm. long; bractlets also setaceous, longer than the ovary. Sepals ovate, apiculate, about 2 mm. long. Petals about 4 mm. long, sericeous outside. Ovary 2-celled, sericeous; ovules about 6-10 in each cell, arranged in a semicircle open above. Berry subglobose, 7 mm. long, smooth or faintly ribbed, edible.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 3-4 m high. The twigs have a brown coating amongst white hairs. The leaves are sword shaped. They are 7 cm long and 1-3 cm wide. There are 3-7 flowers in a group. The flowers are white. The fruit is a slightly flattened round berries. They are 7 mm long. They can be slightly ribbed.
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