Evergreen shrub or small tree 1.2–7 m. tall; young branches puberulous; older branches with thin grey or brown bark.. Leaf-blades lanceolate-oblong, 9–18 cm. long, 2.5–5.5 cm. wide, apex acute to slightly acuminate, base acute to cuneate, bullate, shiny, glabrous above, finely tomentose with prominent nerves beneath, margins revolute; bacterial nodules small, slightly raised or punctate above, few to numerous, scattered; petiole 0.7–1.4 cm. long, puberulous, stipule-limbs pale buff-coloured, papery, truncate 3–5 mm. deep, puberulous outside, silky hairs absent inside; arista 4.6–8 mm. long.. Corymbs terminal on main branches, often with additional paired inflorescence-branches from the next node down, many-flowered, crowded, 9–15 cm. across; primary inflorescence-branches 1–2.4 cm. long, sparsely puberulous to puberulous; 2nd–5th order branches present; pedicels 1–5 mm. long, puberulous; bracts 2–5 mm. long; bracteoles inconspicuous.. Calyx puberulous; tube 1–1.25 mm. long; limb-tube 1–1.5 mm. long, wider than the tube; lobes transversely oblong, rounded to obtuse, ± 0.5 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide.. Corolla-tube (7–)8–9 mm. long, 2 mm. wide at top, glabrous or very sparsely puberulous outside, hairy at the throat, becoming glabrous towards the base inside; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5–6(–7) mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, obtuse to rounded, ciliate.. Fruit black, 7–8 mm. in diameter, sparsely puberulous.. Seed, 5 mm. wide; convex face slightly rugulose.. Fig. 109.
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