Small tree to 20 feet; leaves ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, blade 40-85 mm. long, 10-30 mm. wide, gradually narrowed to the slender pointed acumen 10-25 mm. long, remotely denticulate below acumen nearly to base; inflorescence immediately below acumen or on its lower half, several-flowered; hypanthium broadly turbinate, disc 0.7 mm. across; calyx-lobes 0.2 mm. long; petals 0.5 mm. long; stamens less than half as long as petals; styles and stigmas 0.1 mm. long; berry 4 mm. in diameter, white turning black on drying.
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