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| Habit : | Small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
| Branches and Branchlets : | Branches terete, black-purple. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, opposite to subopposite, decussate; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 7-15 x 2.5-6.5 cm, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute to attenuate, margin entire, margins reflexed, pale beneath, glabrous, coriaceous; secondary_nerves ca. 8 pairs, not prominent; tertiary_nerves obscure. |
| Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers in sessile clusters, axillary. |
| Fruit and Seed : | Capsule, ellipsoid, 1.5 cm long; 1-seeded. |