Shrub up to 3 m. Branchlets 4-angular. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-oblong, 4.5-10 by 2-7 cm; base rounded, sometimes obscurely cordate; apex acute; nerves 5-9 pairs; petiole very short or none. Cymes (rather young) condensed, less than 1 cm; peduncle very short. Bracteoles broad-ovate, c. 1.5 mm long, ± keeled outside. Calyx lobes suborbicular to subreniform, 2.25-2½ by 2.5-3 mm, short-lacerate. Petals broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, 2.5-3 by 2 mm. Stamens c. 1.5 mm; anthers transverse broad-oblong, ⅔ by 4/5 mm, notched at the apex; filaments c. 1 mm, united at the lower half. Pistil ovoid-oblong, c. 2 by 1 mm. Fruits unknown.
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