Shrubs, to 3 m tall; branchlets appressed pubescent to densely velutinous. Petiole 5-10 mm, appressed pubescent to densely velutinous; leaf blade membranous, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, 12-20 × 3-5 cm, glabrous adaxially, appressed pubescent to puberulent abaxially, base cuneate to acute, apex acuminate; lateral veins 7-10 pairs; nervules parallel, ± inconspicuous; stipules deciduous, triangular or oblong-lanceolate, 3-8 mm, pubescent to densely velutinous, strigillose on margin. Inflorescences glomerulate to subcapitate, sessile; bracts persistent, outer bracts ovate, inner bracts lanceolate, all 1-5 mm, pubescent to densely strigillose, especially on margin. Flowers sessile or subsessile. Calyx densely strigillose; hypanthium portion campanulate, 1-1.5 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes 4-6, triangular, 1.5-2 mm. Corolla 5-6 mm, puberulent outside on upper part, pubescent inside in throat. Fruit blue-black, subglobose, 4-6 mm in diam., pubescent to strigillose or puberulent; pyrenes 5 or 6.
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