Shrub or small tree (or ? liana) 0.6–4.5 m. tall; young branches glabrous or pubescent, older branches covered with buff bark.. Leaf-blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, 7.3–19.5 cm. long, (1.7–)2.3–9.3 cm. wide, apex acuminate or sometimes acute, base obtuse to cuneate, glabrous or occasionally glabrescent above, pubescent to glabrous beneath; bacterial nodules dot-like and scattered plus a few linear ones along the nerves; petioles 0.4–2 cm. long, pubescent to glabrous; stipule-limbs truncate to triangular, 2–6 mm. long, pubescent (or ? rarely glabrous) outside; arista up to 1 cm. long.. Corymbs terminal on branches (? 3.5–)7–25 cm. long bearing 1–3 pairs of leaves usually near the apex, compact, (1.2–)2–4 cm. across; primary inflorescence branches up to 3(–5) mm. long, pubescent or glabrous; secondary and sometimes tertiary branches present or very reduced; pedicels 1–4 mm. long, glabrous or pubescent.. Calyx-tube 1–1.5 mm. long, glabrous or pubescent; limb-tube 1–1.75 mm. long, wider than tube; lobes narrowly linear to subulate, (2.5–)4–8 mm. long, not exceeding 0.25 mm. wide, pubescent to sparsely pubescent.. Corolla-tube 1.6–2.2 cm. long, ± 2–2.5 mm. wide at top, glabrous outside, not bearded at throat; lobes lanceolate-oblong, 4–8 mm. long, apiculate.. Fruit black, shiny, 0.9–1 cm. in diameter; calyx-limb persistent.. Seeds greyish black, 6 mm. wide, finely rugulose on convex face.
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