Shrubs evergreen, 2–3 m tall, glabrous. Twigs narrowly angled; bud scales inconspicuous. Leaves scattered; petiole 1.5–2 cm, slender, glabrous; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, 6–12 × 2–3.2 cm, leathery, secondary veins 6 pairs, ascending, fine veins distinctly raised on both surfaces, base broadly cuneate, margin slightly revolute, entire, with 1 or 2 basal glands per side, apex acuminate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, racemose, 6.5–12 cm, many flowered; bracts caducous, lanceolate, 3–5 mm, margin serrulate. Pedicel 4–6 mm. Hypanthium ca. 0.6 mm; calyx lobes ovate-triangular, 0.7–1 mm. Corolla white, urceolate, 4–6 mm; lobes ca. 0.5 mm. Filaments ca. 1 mm, rust-colored puberulous; anthers ca. 1.5 mm, with 2 inconspicuous spurs; tubules ca. as long as thecae. Berry 10-pseudoloculed, globose, 5–6 mm in diam. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Jul.
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