Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Shrubs or small trees ca. 4 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark brownish, smooth; blaze yellowish. |
| Branchlets : | Branches with long spines; Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous, articulate; lamina 4.5-9 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic to elliptic-ovate, apex emarginate, base acute to rounded, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, glandular punctate, drying olive green; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 10-18 pairs; tertiary_nerves admedially ramified. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary short cymes; flowers white; pedicel 0.4 cm long; stamens connate. |
| Fruit& seed : | Berry globose, to 1.9 cm long; seeds 4. |