Shrubs, ca. 3 m tall; branches glabrous. Leaves opposite; petiole 3-7 mm, glabrous; blade drying thinly papery, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 6-9 × 3-5 cm, both surfaces glabrous, base obtuse, apex shortly acuminate; secondary veins 4-6 pairs, joining in a submarginal vein; stipules triangular, 1.5-2 mm. Inflorescence capitate, few flowered; peduncle 10-20 mm, longitudinally ridged. Flowers sessile. Calyx with hypanthium portion glabrous; lobes triangular, ca. 1.25 mm, subglabrous. Corolla tubular-funnelform, glabrous outside; tube ca. 10 mm, pilose inside; lobes ovate-triangular, ca. 2 mm, obtuse. Drupes oblate, ca. 8 mm; pyrenes verrucose abaxially.
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