Frutex, ramis tenuibus glabris, pallide fuscis, internodiis brevibus, 5-7 mm longis. Foliorum petioli glabri, circ. 1-2.5 mm longi, lamina anguste lanceolata, basi acuta, apice rotundata, utrinque glabra, margine valde revoluta, circ. 2.5-3 cm longa, 6-7 mm lata, nervis lateralibus I utrinque 12-14, patentissimis, superne vix, inferne paullum prominentibus, nervo collectivo a margine 0.5 mm tantum remoto conjunctis. Inflorescentia racemosa, terminalis, multiflora. Flores majores, alabastris circ. 2-2.5 mm diametientibus; prophylla ad basin floris 2, exigui, anguste lanceolati, apice acuti, glabri; sepala dilatata, apice obtusa glabra; petala late ovalia, apice obtusa, quam sepala cr. 4-5-plo longiora; gynaeceum 2-loculare, in receptaculo profunde immersum; stilus gracilis, elongatus, apice attenuatus, corollam subaequans. Baccae globosae, circ. 12 mm diametientes.
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Much-branched shrub or tree, 1-3 m high; bark grey, branches, reddish brown, 4-angled. Leaf narrowly elliptic to oblong, up to 45 mm long, apex and base acute, leathery, dark, shiny green, gland-dotted; midrib indented above, prominent below. Flowers in branched, terminal corymbose cymes, white, showy. Stamens many. Flowering time Nov., Dec. Fruit a globose berry, ± 15 mm in diam., red to purple, calyx persistent.
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