Evergreen shrub or small tree up to 4.5 m. high (or ? more).. Leaf-lamina elliptic, rarely ovate, 5–10.3 cm. long, 2.6–5 cm. wide, apex broadly acuminate, rarely retuse, base cuneate, yellowish green; transverse nerves 10–16, faint; petiole 2–4 mm. long.. Inflorescence a sessile or rarely shortly pedunculate many-flowered dense axillary fascicle; peduncle 3–4 mm.; pedicels 1–3.5 mm. long, in fruit ± 5 mm.. Calyx campanulate, 1.2–1.3 mm. long, 1 mm. in diameter; lobes deltoid, ± 0.5 mm. long.. Petals triangular, ± 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, pale rose.. Anthers ± 1.5 mm. long; filaments 3.3 mm. long.. Fruit (immature) globose, ± 7 mm. in d iameter, black.
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