Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Small trees up to 5 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark smooth. |
| Branchlets : | Branchlets terete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 1-1.2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-26.5 x 3-10.2 cm, broadly elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, apex acute, base attenuate to decurrent, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 12-15 pairs; tertiary_nerves slender reticulo-percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence terminal corymbs, congested; peduncle elongated, up to 15 cm long, pubescent; flowers sessile, white. |
| Fruit& seed : | Berry, nearly globose; seeds 2. |