Shrub, c. 1 m. Young branchlets densely yellowish-brown puberulous; older ones reddish-or dark-brown, puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous, lower surface of the young leaves densely pubescent on the midrib and scattered pubescent on the lamina, glabrescent; in dry condition light brown or brown above and shining, glaucous beneath; ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 2-7 by 1-3 cm; base obtuse or cuneate; apex acute to acuminate; nerves 7-10 pairs, rather irregular, obliquely spreading towards the margin and then slightly curved ascending, elevated beneath, plane or slightly depressed above; petiole c. 2 mm long, puberulous. Inflorescences terminal, nodding, sessile or up to 1 cm peduncled; spicate, rachis elongated,½-2 cm, puberulous. Flowers crowded, c. 8 mm, green; pedicel c. 1 mm, articulated at the base, puberulous. Floral tube scattered-puberulous outside and glabrous inside, sometimes glabrous outside. Calyx lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-2.5 mm long. Stamens shortly filamentous; anthers linear, c. 1 mm long, obtuse, the space between the two series c. 0.75 mm. Disk 2 free linear scales, bilobed at the top, sometimes disk cup-shaped and erose at the top, 0.5-1 mm long. Ovary slightly obovate-oblong, c. 1.5 mm long, sparsely strigose at the top; style short, c. 1/5 mm; stigma capitate. Fruits ellipsoid, 6-8 mm long, slightly narrowed at both ends. Seed similar in shape to the fruit.
Deforested slopes, grassland, occasionally on grassy banks of streams, lowland up to 1900 m.
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