Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution status Literature
| Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule large, lanceolate, interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-1.3 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 6-8.5 x 2.7-3.2, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, apex obtuse, base attenuate, margin entire and revolute, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 7 pairs; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Flowers : | Flowers large, unisexual; male flowers in few flowerd corymbs; female flowers white or rose, solitary or in pairs, terminal; pedicel ca. 1.5 cm long. |
| Fruit& seed : | Berry, globose, ca. 2 cm across, 2-celled; seeds many. |