Shrub c. 1 m high. Branchlets strongly angular, smooth, glabrous. Leaves sessile, elliptic, c. 30 × 8 mm, entire, recurved when dry, obtuse, slightly emarginate, chartaceous, smooth, glabrous. Inflorescence compact, terminal, 4–7-flowered, glabrous; peduncle recurved; pedicels fleshy, c. 3 mm long, with linear bracteoles c. 1 mm long near base. Calyx hemispherical, fleshy; lobes deltate, c. 1 mm long. Petals erect, oblong-elliptic, c. 8 mm long, pale green, somewhat leathery. Stamens twice length of petals; filaments green. Gynophore c. 0.3 mm high. Carpels 5; ovary shortly cylindrical, c. 1.5 mm high, glabrous. Cocci 4–5 mm high, apiculate at outer angle.
Home