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Leaf blades 1.5–8(11) x 0.2–3.3(4) cm., oblong-elliptic, narrowly to broadly elliptic, narrowly obovate or even ± linear-lanceolate, acute to shortly acuminate at the apex, very narrowly cuneate at the base, discolorous, glabrous on both surfaces, or in one variety velvety pubescent; nodules few, situated in the basal part of the midrib and domatia often present in the axils of the lateral nerves beneath; petiole 1–3(15) mm. long, passing very gradually into the very narrow base of the lamina; stipules sometimes brown, glabrous, bilobed, the base ovate-triangular 1–1.5 mm. long, the lobes 0.3–0.6(2) mm. long.
Flowers heterostylous, 5-merous, in ± many-flowered rather congested glabrous panicles or rarely subumbellate; peduncle 0.7–4 cm. long; secondary peduncles 4–10 mm. long; pedicels 1–4 mm. long; bracts minute.
Drupes red, with 1–2 pyrenes, 4–6 mm. in diam., subglobose or ovoid, glabrous, crowned with the calyx limb; pyrenes 4 x 2.7 x 2.4 mm., ovoid or semiglobose, the dorsal surface 6–7-ribbed.
Shrub 1–3 m. tall; young stems mostly pale, greyish white, often chestnut when older, with grooved slightly peeling epidermis, glabrous or in one variety velvety.
Calyx glabrous; tube 0.5–1 mm. long, campanulate; limb 1.25–2 mm. long, deeply cupuliform, drying pale, with ± triangular teeth 0.25–0.8 mm. long.
Corolla white or cream, glabrous outside; tube 4–6 mm. long; lobes 3–4 x 0.9 mm., narrowly oblong, ± appendiculate at the apex.
Style 2–2.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 6–8 mm. long in long-styled flowers; stigma lobes 1–2 mm. long.
Stamens with filaments 2.5–3.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 0.3–0.4 mm. long in long-styled flowers.
Seeds 4 x 2.7 x 2.4 mm., ± semi-globose or ovoid, grooved on the ventral face; albumen not ruminate.
