Trees or shrubs. Twigs hairy but rapidly glabrescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong, or ovate to lanceolate, 2-20 by 1-9 cm, base rounded or acute, apex various, usually 5-9 pairs of nerves, venation inconspicuous to invisible, sparsely pubescent to glabrous on both sides, basal glands usually 2, flat. Petiole 0.2-1.5(-2) cm long. Stipules 1.5-8 by 0.2-1.8 mm, free. Racemes solitary, in axils of extant or fallen leaves, 0.5-6.5(-9) cm long, peduncle 0-1 cm, pedicels 0-7 mm long. Hypanthium 1.5-4 mm high, (sparsely) hairy outside. Perianth segments 6-13, subequal or more or less distinctly differentiated, 0.5-2 mm long. Stamens 15-50, filaments up to 6 mm, anthers 0.2-0.8 mm long. Ovary usually glabrous, sometimes with some hairs, rarely distinctly hairy, style up to 7 mm long. Fruits transversely ellipsoid to globular, 6-13 by 7-16 mm, sometimes pointed or beaked and larger (see note under var. tomentosa), exocarp(almost) glabrous, via whitish and red turning purple and finally black, mesocarp thin, endocarp glabrous or sparsely hairy inside. Seed with glabrous testa.
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