Treelet up to 3 m. Leaves lanceolate, acute to subacuminate, attenuate into the 4-10 mm long petiole, glabrous, entire, penninerved, 3½-10 by ½-1½ cm. Flowers white, 2-6 axillary; pedicels 5-11 mm. Calyx nearly regular, glabrous (4-)5-merous, cup-shaped tube ¼-½ mm high, 1½-1¾ mm wide, segments narrow-triangular 1-1¾ mm long, often strongly acuminate towards the acute apex. Corolla nearly regular (4-)5(-6)-merous, entirely glabrous, tube campanulate-infundibuli-form 3-4¼ mm high, 3-4 mm wide; lobes spread-ing rounded at the apex,1¾-2½ mm long, 1½-2 mm broad. Stamens (3-)4(-5), glabrous, 2 longer ones 3-3¼ mm long, shorter ones 2¼-3 ¼ mm long, inserted resp. nearly in the middle and somewhat below the middle of the tube. Anthers ½-1 mm long. Ovary ovoid, conical towards the apex, 3-4-celled, 1½-3 mm long, 1-1½ mm diam. Style terete 2-3½ mm long; stigma short flat. Drupe ovoid, red-brown or purple, 3-4-celled, glabrous, up to 4½ mm long, 4 mm diam., crowned by the persistent style or style rest.
Rare, near the coast, in savannahs, grass-fields, and open forests.
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