Shrub c. 2 m. Branchlets terete. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, broad-elliptic or ovate, sometimes obovate, 4.5-6 by 3 1/3-3.5 cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse, or rounded, sometimes slightly notched; margin entire, sometimes remotely crenulate; nerves 4 to 7 pairs; veins and veinlets obscure on both surfaces; petiole 5-12 mm. Cymes usually at the basal part of the flush, 2-3 times forked, 3-6 cm long. Peduncle 1.5-3 cm. Pedicels none or very short: lateral flowers of the cyme sessile, the central ones subsessile or up to 1.5 mm pedicelled. Calyx lobes reniform or semi-orbicular, 1 by 1.5-2 mm, slightly concave with obscured longitudinal veins. Petals subreniform or suborbicular, 1.75-3 by 2.75-4 mm, rather fleshy. Disk 4-angular or slightly 4-lobed, c. 2 mm ø. Stamens c. 0.75 mm long, filament very short. Pistil slightly emerging from the disk. Fruits (young) subglobose or broadly ovoid, c. 8 mm long, usually only one seed developed. Seeds ellipsoid.
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