Shrub 0.5–1.2 m high; branchlets finely tuberculate, red to brown. Leaves: petiole 1.5–3.5 mm long; lamina lanceolate to oblanceolate, 0.8–2 (–2.5) cm long, 0.2–0.6 cm wide, acute or attenuate at base, obtuse apex, coriaceous. Petals 2, 2.5–3 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, obovate-oblong. Male flowers: pedicels 3–8 mm long; stamens 8–26; sterile carpel 1 (or 2). Female flowers: pedicels 3–6 mm long; carpels 1–6, sessile; ovules 3–6. Apocarps globose to ovoid, 6–12 mm long, dark red; transversely septate pulpa absent; stipes less than 0.1 mm long. Seeds 2–5, slightly curved, 2.5–3 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide.
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