Shrubs or small trees 4-6 m. high, the trunk up to 1 dm. in diameter, the twigs glabrous and with distant foliage. Leaves oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 6-12 cm. long and 2-4 cm. wide, long-acuminate and acute at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, the midrib slightly elevated above, prominent beneath, the lateral nerves numerous, delicate; petiole about 5 mm. long. Flowers glomerate, axillary and lateral, whitish, the bractlets small, connate, ciliate. Re-ceptacle glabrous, at last circumscissile above the ovary. Sepals glabrous outside, puberulous inside, imbricate in the bud with 2 smaller and 2 larger. Petals 4, about 2 mm. long, pubescent, fimbriate. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovulate, the ovules ascending. Berry globose, up to 1 cm. in diameter, 1-to 3-seeded, blackish blue when dry, edible. Embryo homogeneous.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 4-6 m tall. The trunk can be 10 cm across. Leaves are towards the ends of twigs. The leaves are narrowly oval to sword shaped and 6-12 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are rounded at the base and taper to the tip. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves and along branches. The fruit is a round berry. It is 1 cm across. There are 1-3 seeds.
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