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Leaves restricted to green stems, or sometimes on mature stems; blades 1.3–3 × 0.9–3.5 cm, ovate or sometimes elliptic to round, obtuse or occasionally rounded at apex, rounded to truncate or occasionally subcordate at base, herbaceous to slightly coriaceous, shiny and glabrous on upper surface, sparsely pubescent to pubescent on midrib beneath; lateral nerves in 3–4 main pairs, impressed above; tertiary nerves apparent; domatia present as ciliate membranous pockets; petioles not exceeding 2 mm long; stipules 3–4 mm long, triangular-acuminate, keeled when mature.
Flowers 4-merous, borne on (5)12–70-flowered, compact, pedunculate corymbs; peduncles 3–15 mm long, pubescent; inflorescence branches proportionately short, not spreading; pedicels 2–13 mm long, pubescent; bracteoles inconspicuous.
Corolla greenish-cream; tube 1.5–2 mm long, pubescent at throat but lacking a well defined ring of deflexed hairs; lobes 2.5–3 × 1.5 mm, oblong, obtuse.
Calyx tube 1 mm long, broader than long, glabrous or with a few hairs towards the base; limb 0.5–0.75 mm long, irregularly dentate.
Shrub or small tree 1.5–9 m tall (also described as a dwarf shrub 0.3 m tall); very young stems pubescent; bark greyish.
Fruit 7 × 7 × 4 mm, broadly oblong in outline, not indented at the apex, black when mature.
Pyrenes 7 × 4 × 3 mm, ± ellipsoid with ventral face flattened, rugulose.
Pollen presenter 1 × 0.5 mm long, obscurely ribbed; disk glabrous.
Style 6–8 mm long.
Anthers reflexed.
