Shrub or small tree 3–6 m high. Shoots frequently verrucose. Leaves: lamina oblanceolate-elliptic, (1.5–) 3.5–7 (–10) cm long, (0.6–) 1–2.5 (–3.5) cm wide, acute base, entire, usually ± irregularly undulate at margin, rounded at apex, punctate and linear resin canals usually obscure, venation usually obscure. Inflorescence 3-or 4-flowered; flowers clustered; pedicels 0–0.5 mm long. Calyx c. 0.5 mm long; lobes 4, persistent. Corolla 1.5–2 mm long; tube 0.5–1 mm long in male flowers, c. 1.5 mm in female; lobes 4, oblong, 1–1.5 mm long, blunt or acute, reflexed, greenish white, streaked and spotted reddish brown. Stamens 4. Ovary ± globose; stigma slightly 4-angled. Fruit globular, 3.5–4 mm diam., purple when ripe.
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