Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution status Literature
| Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules broadly ovate with long subulate apex, interpetiolar, persistent; petiole 0.2-0.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-16 x 2.5-3.5 cm, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, apex narrowly acuminate, base obtuse to acute, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 12-22 pairs, nearly right angle to the midrib; tertiary_nerves slender reticulo-percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence terminal corymbs, lax; flowers white; pedicel to 0.7 cm long. |
| Fruit& seed : | Berry, nearly globose; seeds 2. |