Shrub or subshrub 0.3–2.5 m. tall; young branches glabrous or puberulous, older branches covered with buff shiny bark.. Leaf-blades usually drying greyish or brownish black, oblanceolate, 12–20 cm. long, 3–7 cm. wide, apex acute to long acuminate, base cuneate, entirely glabrous or sparsely scabrid above and glabrous or puberulous beneath; domatia present; bacterial nodules dot-shaped, several, scattered; petiole 0.7–2 cm. long; stipules triangular, 0.6–1.3(–2.5) cm. long, aristate, papery when young, usually breaking off with the basal remains turning corky, glabrous or puberulous outside, with a few silky hairs in axils.. Corymbs terminal on very slender to moderately thick green pendant or erect lateral branches 5.5–25 cm. long usually bearing 1–2 pairs of immature leaves at the apex, moderately lax, 1.8–4.6 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 2–9 mm. long, puberulous-pubescent; secondary and sometimes tertiary branches present; pedicels 2–5 mm. long, puberulous-pubescent; bracts 0.5–1 cm. long, stipule-like; bracteoles inconspicuous.. Calyx-tube 0.8–1 mm. long, shortly pubescent; limb-tube 0.75–1 mm. long, slightly wider than the tube, glabrescent to shortly pubescent; lobes narrowly triangular, 2–3.7 mm. long, ± 0.5 mm. wide at base, glabrescent to shortly pubescent.. Corolla-tube 1.3–1.6 cm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide at top, glabrous outside, not bearded at throat; lobes lanceolate-oblong, 4–6 mm. long, 1.25–2 mm. wide, acute to shortly acuminate.. Young fruit, drying black, ± 8 mm. in diameter, glabrescent; calyx-limb persistent.. Seeds not known.
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