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| Habit : | Large shrub or small trees. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-0.7 cm, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 14 x 7.5 cm, broadly elliptic, apex acute to acuminate or obtuse, base acute to subattenuate, margin entire, shining above, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary_nerves and intramarginal_nerves obscurely visible when dry; tertiary_nerves not visible. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Inflorescence condensed or umbel shaped cymes, peduncle 0.4 cm long, axillary; flowers distinctly pedicellate, purple; calyx deeply furrowed with radiating wing inside. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry, 1.5-2 cm across, globose with remnants of persistent_calyx; seed 1. |