Shrubs deciduous, ca. 1 m tall, all parts glabrous. Branches usually dichotomous, black, mostly glaucous, scattered lenticellate. Petiole 3-8 mm; leaf blade obovate or elliptic, 2.5-4 × 1-2 cm, papery, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, faint, base cuneate and slightly decurrent, apex obtuse or retuse. Spikes terminal, 10-20-flowered, 2.5-4 cm; bracts ovate, concave, ca. 1 mm. Flowers bisexual, subopposite, (5-or)6-merous. Calyx ellipsoid 1-1.5 mm. Mature bud ovoid. Corolla greenish, petals lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. Filaments short; anthers 4-loculed, ca. 0.5 mm. Style ca. 1 mm, usually 6-angled; stigma slightly capitate. Berry orange, globose, 7-8 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Nov.
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