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Habit : | Shrubs or Small trees, up to 5 m tall. |
Branches and Branchlets : | Branchlets densely softly tomentose. |
Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.2-0.4 cm long, pubescent, nearly terete; lamina 6-12.5 x 2-5 cm, narrow elliptic to oblong, apex acuminate with blunt tip, base acute, sometimes rounded, margin entire, young leaves shaggy on both sides, older leaves sparsely shaggy beneath; secondary_nerves 6-9 pairs, prominent, oblique; tertiary_nerves close, percurrent. |
Inflorescence / Flower : | Flowers 3-4 together, axillary or extra-axillary, pedicels 1-2 cm long, pubescent. |
Fruit and Seed : | Clustered 1-seeded berries, oblong, red, scrobiculate. |