Small trees (rarely over 15 m) or shrubs, bark brown. Leaves ovate or elliptic to oblong, 4-14 by 1.5-6 cm, apex (long-)acuminate, ' papyraceous, basal glands (0-)2(-4). Racemes up to l(-2.5) cm long, pedicels 0-2 mm. Hypanthium 1.5-2(-3) mm high. Perianth segments 7-10, subequal, rarely more or less regularly differentiated as sepals and petals, up to 1.3 mm long. Ovary usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, rarely more densely hairy. Fruits transversely ellipsoid with obtuse apex, to subglobular with an apical point or beak of up to l(-2) mm, 7-12 by 8-12.5(-13.5) mm (and see note below).
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