Depressed to erect compactly branched shrub up to 1 m. or more tall; bark rough, reddish brown; branchlets ± viscid. Lvs close-set, on stout appressed or ascending petioles c. 5 mm. long; lamina 10-25 × 6-10 mm., obovate-oblong to obovate, very thick and coriac., dull green above, glaucous below; margins somewhat thickened; midrib alone evident below. Fls solitary or 2-(3) together, on decurved pedicels 1-5 mm. long. Calyx entire, or with 1-2 very shallow lobes; petals 5-6, greenish yellow, oblong to narrow-obovate, 4-5 mm. long; stamens 5-6; carpel us. solitary; fr. c. 2-3 mm. diam., depressed-obovoid, mesocarp slightly fleshy; seeds 3-6, angled.
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