Shrub ca. 0.5 m tall. Branches grayish, rather lenticellate. Petiole 2-3 mm; leaf blade obovate to narrowly obovate, 3.5-5.5 × 1.3-2 cm, leathery, lateral veins 2 or 3 pairs, base cuneate and slightly decurrent, apex rounded. Inflorescences solitary or paired, axillary, rarely at leafless node, 2-flowered umbels; peduncle ca. 1 mm; bract semiorbicular, ca. 1 mm; bracteoles semiorbicular, connate, ca. 1 mm. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx ellipsoid, 2.5-3 mm, limb annular, ca. 1 mm. Mature bud 2.5-3.5 cm. Corolla red with green band at top of tube, slightly curved, tube inflated, lobes greenish, lanceolate, 6-9 mm, reflexed. Filaments 3-4 mm; anthers 2-3 mm. Berry dark purple, globose, ca. 7 mm, smooth. Fl. and fr. Aug-Mar.
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