Much branched shrub or tree, with rounded crown, unarmed, up to 15 m. tall, trunk up to 25 cm. in diameter; bark smooth, greyish white.. Leaf-blades elliptic to ovate-, oblong-or obovate-elliptic, apex broadly attenuate, obtuse, sometimes rounded, base cuneate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, edge regularly rather shallowly subserrate-crenate, (2.5–)3.5–6.5(–8) cm. long, (1 .2–)1.7–2.7(–4) cm. broad; nerves in 4–7 pairs, lower 1 or 2 pairs steeply ascending, upper ones curved and more spreading, slightly though distinctly raised on both faces as is the rather dense reticulation; petiole initially puberulous, 2–5 mm. long.. Flowers in the upper axils, generally 2–3(–4) in a fascicle, some sometimes solitary, sessile or subsessile, (3–)4–5-merous.. Sepals ovate to suborbicular, ciliate, ± 2 mm. long.. Petals similar to, though slightly smaller and thinner, than the sepals, sometimes minute, mostly caducous.. Receptacle glabrous or practically so.. Disk-glands numerous, subglobular.. Stamens 30(–40); anthers hardly apiculate by the glabrous connective.. Ovary glabrous; style 1–2 mm. long, stoutish, abruptly demarcated from the developed ovary and/or young fruit; stigma minute, subcapitate, obscurely 2–3-lobulate.. Berry oblong-ovoid, ± 1 cm. long, 0.7 cm. across, red at full maturity, on a pedicel 1–2 mm. long.. Seeds 1 or 2.
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A small branched tree. It grows 15 m tall. The bark is smooth and pale grey. The leaves are simple and alternate. The leaves are small and 4-7 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. They are oval and wedge shaped at the base. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves.
Dry evergreen forest and associated wooded grassland; evergreen bushland; at elevations from 1,600-2,700 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry mountain forest.
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