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Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, rugose. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petioles 0.3- 0.7 cm long; lamina 5-10 x 2-4 cm, ovate, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base subcuneate, glabrous; secondary_nerves ca. 6 pairs, not prominent; tertiary_nerves reticulate. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers solitary, axillary or extra-axillary, purplish green; pedicels 0.5-1.0 cm long. |
Fruit and Seed : | Clustered 1-2 seeded berries, globose or subglobose, apiculate, red. |