Shrubs, to 4 m tall. Petioles short, 2-3 mm; leaf blade thickly papery, obovate or oblong-obovate, 4-7 × 2.5-4.5 cm, base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse, often emarginate; lateral veins not obvious. Cymes usually 3-flowered; peduncle 2-4 cm; branches ca. 1 cm. Flowers yellow-green, 6-8 mm in diam.; petals broadly elliptic, slightly carnose. Stamens inserted on margin of cupuliform disk; filament longer than styles; anther introrse, dorsifixed. Ovary coalescent with thin disk; style absent; stigma capitate. Capsule unknown. Fl. Dec-Feb.
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