Multistemmed shrub up to 2 m tall. Bark pale to dark grey, smooth. Branches when young, covered with a white indumentum, becoming glabrous with age Leaves opposite, obovate to spatulate, up to 78 x 22 mm. apex obtuse to rounded, base attenuate to obtuse, upper surface pale green and sparsely hairy, lower surface grey-green and hairy, bacterial nodules randomly scattered on leaf lamina, domatia absent, principal lateral veins 5-8 pairs; petiole up to 2 mm long. Inflorescences of terminal cymes, borne on slender lateral branches up to 700 mm long; peduncle hairy; pedicels 0-3 mm long, hairy. Flowers white. 4-merous. Calyx lobes ensiform, fused at base, up to 9.0 x 0.5 mm. hairy. Corolla sparsely hairy on both surfaces; tube up to 15 mm long; lobes 6 x 2 mm. apices obtuse to acute Anthers exserted, 4-5 mm long. Style 25-30 mm long. Disc glabrous. Hypanthium (part fused with inferior ovary) up to 1.5 mm long. Fruit a fleshy berry, spherical, up to 5 mm diam. turning black when ripe; calyx lobes persistent, forming a crown at apex.
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