Tree up to ± 6 m. tall; trunk up to 2 dm. diam.; branchlets slender, bark grey. Lvs alt., with occ. subopp. pairs, on short slender petioles. Lamina narrow-lanceolate, ± 5-10-(12) cm. × 3-10 mm., acute to subacuminate, thinly coriac. to membr., entire; dark green and somewhat glossy above, paler below, punctulate. Infl. axillary, of short few-fld racemes on slender, short peduncles. Pedicels ± 5 mm. long. Fls ± 4-6 mm. diam., greenish, perfect to functionally unisexual. Receptacle ± hemispheric; tepals (4)-5-(6), broadly triangular, deciduous; stamens (4)-5-(6), on short slender filaments subtended by tufts of hairs; disk (4)-5-(6)-lobed; stigma 2-4-lobed. Fr. c. 7-12 × 6-8 mm., narrow-turbinate, bright red, crowned by rim of receptacle.
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