Shrub 1.5–4.5(–8.4) m. tall, glabrous, young branches square, covered with chocolate or dark reddish bark.. Leaf-blades drying greyish to mahogany-brown, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5.3–14(–17) cm. long, 2–5(–6.3) cm. wide, obtuse to acute or slightly acuminate at apex, acute to obtuse at base, subcoriaceous, slightly shiny above; tertiary nerves obscure beneath; domatia present; petiole 0.5–1 mm. long; stipules triangular, 2.5–6 mm. long, not or very shortly apiculate, central rib absent or infrequently present.. Inflorescence a lax axillary panicle; peduncle slender, 3–7 cm. long; lateral branches with the first pair opposite or nearly opposite and the next 2–4 pairs of branches ± alternate; pedicels 0.3–1.2 cm. long; bracteoles up to 2 mm. long.. Calyx-tube 1.5–2 mm. long; limb 0.5–1.5 mm. long, divided nearly to the base into triangular lobes, acute to rounded.. Corolla creamish to yellowish; tube (2.5–)3–4 mm. long, 4–5 mm. wide at top, ±1 mm. wide at base, bearded at throat; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 4–7 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide, acute.. Ovules solitary, impressed to one side of the placenta; style spindle-shaped; stigma with wings ciliate.. Fruit ?green, spherical or slightly bilobed, 5–5.5 mm. in diameter, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb.. Seeds 2 per fruit, dark reddish brown, 4 mm. long, finely reticulate.
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