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Habit : | Large shrubs to small trees up to 4 m tall. |
Branchlets : | Young branchlets quadrangular, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves unifoliolate, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-13 x 2.2-6 cm, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, apex shortly acuminate with blunt tip or obtuse, base acute, margin entire and revolute, glandular punctate, glabrous; midrib canaliculate to slightly raised; secondary_nerves ca. 9 pairs, looped near margin; tertiary_nerves admedially ramified. |
Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary cymes; pedicel 0.4 cm long. |
Fruit& seed : | Capsules, 4-valved; seeds 1 locule. |