Spreading shrub, 1–2 m. tall with a woody swollen root, glabrous.. Leaves petiolate, simple; blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 5–23(–27) mm. long, 4–18 mm. wide, rounded, mucronulate at the apex, rounded at the base, coriaceous, with 2 basal lateral nerves usually prominent; petiole 2–4 mm. long.. Flowers many, borne singly in the upper leaf-axils; pedicels5–15(–20) mm. long.. Sepals generally 3, elliptic, 7–10 mm. long; receptacle 3–6 mm. long.. Petals 0.. Androphore ± 2 mm. longer than the receptacle.. Gynophore 2.2–2.8 cm. long, straight at maturity; ovary spindle-shaped, 4–6 mm. long.. Fruits ellipsoid or subcylindrical, ± 2 cm. long, 1 cm. across, beaked, 1-seeded.
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