Shrub or small tree (1–) 2–12 m high. Leaves: petiole 2–4 mm long [1–6 cm long, fide Jackes (2005: 103)]; lamina broadly obovate, acuminate or abruptly tapering to obtuse apex, 7.5–15 cm long, 3.2–5.6 cm wide [7–17.3 cm long, 2.2–6.5 cm wide, fide Jackes (2005: 103)], margin entire or slightly crenate, with scattered small globular red glands and globular to shortly lineate pellucid glands, c. 4 per areole. Inflorescence 3–10 cm long, 3–9 cm wide; pedicels 4–9 mm long. Flowers 3–4 mm long, dark-coloured glands prominent on calyx, corolla and often pedicel and style, pellucid glands also present; calyx 1–1.5 mm long; corolla creamy-green to reddish, glands orange when fresh, drying dark, appearing verrucose; stamens: filaments short, ligulate, anthers 2–2.5 mm long, awl-shaped; ovary c. 1 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, style usually 2–3 mm long, glands red; ovules 6 or 7. Fruit depressed-globular, 6–7 mm long, 7–8 mm wide, dark pink to red, glands black when dry.
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