Small tree up to 3 m tall, usually single-stemmed, sometimes multi-stemmed, few-branched with longer branches drooping at ends, glabrous; branchlets angular, green, becoming dark grey, without lenticels. Thorns axillary, slender, up to 15 mm long. Brachyblasts up to 4 mm long. Leaves chartaceous, concolourous; lamina obovate to spathulate, 10-20(-45) x 5-10(-15) mm, apex acute to rounded to emarginate, base tapering into petiole, margin crenate, midrib prominent in lower half when dry, fading towards tip, reticulate venation conspicuous on both sides; petiole very short, almost absent. Inflorescence few-flowered; peduncle ± 2 mm long; pedicels ± 0.5 mm long. Flowers cream. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, ± 1 mm long, apex obtuse. Petals oblong, ± 1.5 mm long, margin fimbriate. Disc narrow, convex, 5-lobed. Male flowers: stamens included, ± 1 mm long; style ± 0.5 mm long; stigma absent. Female flowers: staminodes included, ± 0.5 mm long; style ± 0.5 mm long; stigma 3-lobed. Capsules globose, 3-valved, smooth, green, ripening yellow, 6-10 mm long. Seeds 1-4, dark reddish brown; aril white, partially covering the seed.
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