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| Habit : | Small trees ca. 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1 cm long, stout, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 13-16 x 4-5 cm, lanceolate, tapering into acuminate apex with blunt tip, base acute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 20 pairs, distantly parallel and joining with intramarginal_nerve, tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers nearly sessile, in axillary and lateral fascicles, purple; disk rays prominent. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, seed 1. |