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Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Status Literatures
Habit : | Shrubs or small tree. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branches zigzag; branchlets quadrangular, slender, glabrous. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.2-0.4 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 3.5-6.7 x 1-2.2 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex caudate, sometimes narrowly acuminate with blunt tip, base acute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly canaliculate with intramarginal_nerve; secondary and tertiary_nerves obscure. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in 3-flowered cymes, axillary; pedicels filiform; petals pale blue. |
Fruit and Seed : | Berry, globose; seed 1. |