Shrub 0.2–2 m high; pubescent with greyish stellate and simple hairs on young stems, leaves and inflorescences. Leaves: stipules narrowly triangular, 0.8–4 mm long, persistent; petiole 0.5–1.5 mm long; lamina narrowly obovate to linear, 6–45 mm long, 0.5–8 mm wide, base cuneate, entire, flat to revolute, apex obtuse to acute, apiculate, ± straight, densely pilose or woolly beneath, glabrous to sparsely pubescent above. Inflorescences few-flowered; bracts persistent. Pedicels 1–3.5 mm long. Flowers cream to yellow, glabrous or pubescent. Hypanthium 0.8–1.2 mm diam. Sepals 0.9–1.3 mm long, caducous or persistent. Petals 0.5–0.6 mm long. Stamens 0.4–0.5 mm long. Ovary summit glabrous; carpels 3; style 0.2–0.5 mm long. Fruit greenish or black, 1.5–3.5 mm long; torus apical or in the upper third. Seed 1–1.8 mm long.
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