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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 7 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark corky, yellow when scrap; blaze reddish. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules caducous; petiole 0.3-0.8 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-11 x 2-4.3 cm elliptic or narrow elliptic, apex bluntly acuminate, sometimes obtusely acute, base cuneate, margin entire, glabrous, smooth shining above, chartaceous or subcoriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary_nerves 4-5 pairs, not prominent beneath; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence 1-3 flowered axillary cymes; flowers red; petals fimbriate. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, valves deeply obcordate; seeds 1-2 per cell. |