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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 7 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark smooth; blaze white. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, rarely ternate; stipules minute; petiole 0.3-0.5 cm long, flat above, glabrous; lamina 3-7 x 1.4-3 cm, elliptic or slightly broad elliptic, apex obtuse to bluntly acuminate with retuse tip, base acute, margin remotely serrate/crenulate towards apex, sometimes entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib thinly raised above; secondary_nerves slightly visible above and slightly obscure beneath; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence axillary cymes, 3-7 flowered; flowers reddish. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, obcordate, 5-angled, scarlet; 1-2 seeds per lobe. |