Shrub or small tree up to 7 m by 7.5 cm. Branchlets reddish to dark-brown, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves membranous, chartaceous, rarely subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces, rarely scattered hairy beneath especially on the midrib, in dry condition light-brown to dark-brown above, paler beneath, ovate-oblong, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate, 6-9(-12) by 1.5-3.5(-4.5) cm; base acute to cuneate, sometimes obtuse or rounded; apex acuminate, rarely acute; margins sometimes slightly recurved; nerves 8-15 pairs, irregular, often branched, elevated beneath, distinct or plane above, obliquely ascending towards the margin; veins obscure on both surfaces, sometimes as distinct as the nerves; petiole 2-4 mm, sparsely pubescent. Inflorescences terminal or/and in the axils at the terminal node, spicate, gradually elongating, up to 4 cm, rarely to 6 cm, erect or slightly curved, very rarely nodding (S.F. 20726), with 6 to many flowers; peduncle distinct, sparsely hairy. Flowers c. 10 mm long, yellow, yellowish-green, or rarely white (fide RIDLEY), loosely arranged on the rachis; pedicels very short, 0.5-1 mm, puberulous, articulated at the base. Floral tube scattered puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Calyx lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, 1.5-3.5 mm long. Anthers linear, c. 1 mm long, the two series close to each other; filaments c. 1/2 the length of the anther. Disk 2 free, linear or obovate-oblong, c. 1 mm long, irregularly lobed or dentate scales. Ovary ellipsoid or obovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy at the top; style distinct, as long as or slightly longer than the stigma; globose or slightly oblong, c. 0.5 mm long, papillose. Fruits ovoid, red, c. 8.5 by 5.5 mm.
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