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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets distinctly quadrangular, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules caducous; petiole 0.4-0.7 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 1.3-4 cm, narrow elliptic or lanceolate, apex narrowly acute or acuminate, base acute; margin thick, slightly incurved, glabrous; secondary_nerves obscure beneath, slightly visible above; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary cymes; flowers dull purple. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, obovate, 5 winged, 1-2 seeds per lobe. |