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Leaves borne at the apex of the branches not always fully mature at time of flowering; blades 4.5–9.2 × 2–4.3 cm, oblanceolate to obovate, rounded or less often obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, somewhat shiny and rather sparsely scabrid above, sparsely pubescent to pubescent with denser spreading hairs on nerves beneath, often somewhat bullate; lateral nerves in 7–9 main pairs; domatia absent; bacterial nodules inconspicuous, dot-like, scattered; petiole 5–7 mm long, glabrous to pubescent; stipule limbs 3–5 mm long, triangular, gradually attenuated, glabrous or less often pubescent outside.
Geoxylic suffrutex, 05-2.3(-4) m. Stem multistemmed, (unbranched). Bark greyish. Leaves clustered near branch ends, oblanceolate to obovate, to 95 x 45 mm broadly taper to rounded apex, base tapers, roughly hairy, mid green, grey with soft hairs below, main veins in 7-9 pairs, net veins conspicuous, nodules inconspicuous, scattered. Stalk to 7 mm. Flowers white, scented, calyx lobes triangular to ovate, to 1 mm, corolla tube 3.5-5 mm, petals blunt to rounded. In dense clusters on stalks to 5 mm. Fruits black, to 7 mm diam., calyx persistent. In dense clusters.
Inflorescences crowded to moderately compact, up to 2 cm across (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches 1.5–8 mm long, pubescent; secondary and occasionally tertiary branches present; pedicels up to 4 mm long, pubescent; bracts stipule-like, c. 4 mm long; bracteoles brown, membranous, inconspicuous.
Multi-stemmed rhizomatous shrubs 0.5–2(4) m tall forming large patches; stems branched, less often unbranched, often with nodes crowded close together, pubescent when young, covered with greyish bark when mature.
Corolla tube 3.5–5 mm long, sparsely pubescent outside, not bearded at the throat; lobes 2.5–3.5 × c. 1 mm, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse to rounded.
Fruit black, 6–7 mm in diameter, shiny, sparsely hairy; calyx limb persistent; pedicels slightly accrescent, reaching 8 mm long.
Calyx pubescent; tube 0.5–0.75 mm long; limb-tube 0.5–1 mm long divided ± to mid-point into triangular lobes.
Inflorescence-supporting branches very abbreviated up to 5(7) mm long or these suppressed, leafless.
Seed dark grey, 5 mm wide, convex face somewhat rugulose.
Flower scent reported as unpleasant or sweet.
