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| Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets slender, pubescent. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.3-0.7 cm, flat above, glabrous; lamina 8-15 x 2.5-6.2 cm, elliptic to narrow-elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute to cuneate, margin serrate (serrations starts 1-2.5 cm above the base), chartaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 8 pairs; tertiary_nerves very slender, broadly reticulate. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary dichasial cymes, pale greenish-yellow. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, 1-4 celled, smooth; seeds arillate. |