Small tree or shrub 2–8 m. tall; stems densely velvety hairy.. Leaf-blades oblong-elliptic to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 7.5–20 cm. long, 1.8–6.8 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, broadly to narrowly cuneate at the base, hairy on the main nerves above and either glabrescent or with scattered hairs on the rest of the surface, pubescent to velvety hairy beneath; lateral nerves 9–12 on each side; petioles 0.3–1.2 cm. long, densely hairy; stipules triangular-lanceolate, 0.6–1.3 cm. long, 3–4.5 mm. wide, hairy, deciduous.. Inflorescences axillary, short, the cymes 1–1.5 cm. long; peduncles 0–1.3 cm. long; pedicels 1–3 mm. long; bracts 1.5 mm. long; all pubescent.. Flowers heterostylous.. Calyx pubescent or mostly ± glabrous; tube subglobose, 1 mm. long; limb ± 0.3 mm. long, very shallowly undulate-lobed, or with 4–6 broadly triangular lobes, 0.5–1 mm. long.. Corolla bright yellow, greenish brown or greenish yellow, glabrous or puberulous; tube 1.8–3 mm. long; lobes ovate-oblong, 1.5–2 mm. long, 0.8–1.2 mm. wide.. Stamens just exserted in long-styled flowers, filaments exserted 0.5 mm. in short-styled flowers.. Disc hemispherical, grooved, glabrous.. Style glabrous or papillate just below the stigma, 2.6 mm. long in long-styled flowers, 1 mm. long in short-styled flowers; stigma-lobes 0.2–1 mm. long.. Berries yellow or reddish, subglobose, 6 mm. in diameter.. Seeds reddish brown, ovoid, 1.2–1.5 mm. long, strongly ridged and pitted.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 6 m tall. The stems have dense velvety hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong and 8-20 cm long by 2-7 cm wide. They taper to the tip and are wedge shaped at the base. The flowering shoots are short and in the axils of leaves. They are yellow to greenish brown. The fruit are yellow or red berries. They are 6 mm across.
A tropical plant. It grows in gaps exposed to light in the forest. It grows between 1,800-2,400 m above sea level.
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