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| Habit : | Trees ca. 8 m tall. |
| Trunk & Bark : | Bark grey, finely minutely fissured. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets subterete, glabrous. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 1.8-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, apex narrowly acuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin entire, thinly coriaceous, drying olive green or yellowish and rugose; midrib slightly canaliculate above; secondary_nerves obscure; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers blue, in axillary or lateral fascicles on short peduncle. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Berry to 0.8 cm across, turning yellow when ripe; seed 1. |