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Leaves simple; lamina 4–12 x 2–5 cm., coriaceous, oblong-obovate, narrowly obovate-oblong or oblanceolate, apex rounded, obtuse or acute, mucronate, narrowed to an obtuse or subcordate base, scabrous-pubescent on both sides, rather shining above, dull below and with the nerves strongly raised, venation strongly reticulate, on puberulous petioles up to 5 mm. long.
A shrub or small tree. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves are simple and 4-12 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They are shiny above and dull underneath. The flowers are in dense groups near the ends of branches. The flowers are white. The fruit are 1.7 cm across and round. There are 2-4 seeds that are 1 cm long by 0.5 cm wide.
Flowers numerous in terminal, dense, corymbose racemes; rhachis c. 1 cm. long, pubescent; pedicels up to 3 cm. long, pubescent; bracts 1–2.5 mm. long, subulate, trifid, pilose, persistent.
Receptacle 2.0 mm. long, 2.25 mm. wide at the mouth, funnel-shaped, pubescent outside, with a disk at the mouth inside which is rather thick, undulately lobed and 2 mm. long.
Ovary on a gynophore up to 2.5 cm. long, ovoid; ovules c. 4 on 2 placentas; stigma subsessile, capitate.
Fruit up to 1.7 cm. in diam., globose, bluntly apiculate, shining, minutely and smoothly verrucose.
Petals whitish, c. 0.6 x 3.5 mm., obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, rounded at the base.
Evergreen bush or small tree up to 5 m. tall; young branches scabrous-puberulous, sulcate.
Sepals c. 9 x 5 mm., oblong, concave, rounded at the apex, pubescent on both sides.
Stamens c. 60 on filaments up to 3 cm. long; anthers 1.3 x 1 mm., broadly oblong.
Seeds 2–4 c. 1 x 0.5 cm., dark brown, oblong, ellipsoid; testa smooth.
Androgynophore exserted from the receptacle, 2.5–3 mm. long.
