Shrubs to 3 m. tall, the young branches angular, glabrous, olive-green. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 16-25 cm. long, 1.5-5.0 cm. broad, gradually tapering to the apex, acute to obtuse at the base, chartaceous, the costa immersed above, emersed below, the primary lateral veins numerous; petiole 3-13 mm. long, scarcely canaliculate. Calyx crateriform, deeply 5-toothed, glabrous, the teeth about 0.5 mm. long, 0.5 mm. broad; petals 5, deltoid, about 2 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, glabrous; stamens 10, free, the anthers to 0.5 mm. long and broad, the filaments liguliform, about 1 mm. long, 0.25 mm. broad, glabrous; pistil conical, about 1 mm. long, 1 mm. in diameter; pedicel about 1.5 mm. long. Fruiting calyx longer than the drupe, 1.5-2.5 cm. in diameter, shallowly 5-lobed, somewhat enclosing the drupe or reflexed, red; drupe ovoid, 6-8 mm. long, about 7 mm. in diameter, vertically ribbed, blue; pedicel 6-9 mm. long.
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