Shrub or small tree up to c. 3 m. Branchlets terete. Incipient bracts up to 1.5 cm long. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, elliptic-oblong to-lanceolate, 11-22 by 3.5-9.5 cm; base cuneate to attenuate; apex acuminate; nerves 6-12 pairs; petiole 1-2.25 cm. Paniculate cymes 1.5-2.5 cm long. Flowers (young) dull white; bracteoles 1.5-2 mm long. Calyx lobes suborbicular, c. 2½ mm ø, transparent, slightly concave, with 3-5 longitudinal veins, margin slightly erose. Petals ovate-or broad-elliptic, 2.5-3 by 1.5-2 mm, obtuse. Stamens c. 2 mm long; anthers broadly ovoid to subrotund, ⅔ mm long, slightly apiculate; filaments c. 1.25 mm, united at the lower 1 mm. Pistil c. 1.5 mm long, ± flask-shaped. Fruits yellowish orange, red when ripe, ovoid or broad-ellipsoid, 1.5-2 by 1 cm, slightly furrowed, the obtuse apex crowned by the persistent style.
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