A shrub 2–9 m. tall; young branches slender, glabrous to pubescent, covered with thin reddish bark which readily flakes off to reveal the rough greyish under-layer.. Leaf-blades elliptic to broadly elliptic or ovate, 1.5–7 cm. long, 0.9–3.4 cm. wide, obtuse or occasionally rounded, sometimes apiculate at apex, acute or obtuse to rounded at base, entirely glabrous or with hairs on the nerves beneath or sparsely to densely covered with fine hairs on both faces; domatia present; petiole 0.1–1.1 cm. long, pubescent above; stipules papery and brown when dry, ovate or triangular, 2–5 mm. long, acuminate or apiculate.. Flowers either precocious and sessile to shortly pedicellate or, if borne in leaf-axils, then either pedicellate with pedicels attached a short distance above the node and decurrent to node or sessile; pedicels 0–3.6 cm. long; bracts brown and papery when dry, often translucent except for central area, ovate, 2–4 mm. long; bracteoles linear.. Calyx-tube 1.25–2 mm. long, glabrous; lobes linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 1.5–5 mm. long, acute, sometimes ciliate.. Corolla white or pink, 0.4–1.4 cm. long, 3.5–7.5 mm. wide at top, 0.75–1.5 mm. wide at base, glabrous or with 5 sparsely pubescent to pubescent lines outside, sparsely to densely pubescent at throat; lobes 0.5–1.5 cm. long, 2–5 mm. wide, obtuse to rounded or acute.. Placenta bearing 8(–10) ovules; stigma and style sparsely to densely pubescent.. Fruit red or white with purple streaks, 0.3–1.7 cm. in diameter, glabrous, with a small calyx-scar.. Seeds light to mid-brown, flattened, 3–7 mm. across, finely reticulate.
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A bushy shrub. It can grow 6 m tall. The branches are winding and twisted. The young bark is red and flaking. It is light brown and cracked when old. Young twigs are hairy. The leaves are small and narrowly oval. They are 4-6 cm long and 2-3 cm wide and have a sharp tip. The leaves occur in flushes. The flowers are white, cream or pink. They are on long thin stalks. They appear together with young leaves at the ends of young branches. The fruit are small black berries with a few seeds. They are 8 mm across.
Savannah bushland and woodland, often riverine. Bushland, coastal bushland, thickets, often near rivers or on dry hillsides, forest margins, at elevations from sea level to around 1,400 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in savannah bushland. It grows in the Sahel. It is often near rivers and on the edges of water holes. They can be on termite mounds. It can grow in arid places.
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