Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Large shrubs or small trees up to 7 m tall. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets angular to subterete, hirsute. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.3-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, hirsute when young; lamina 7-20 x 3.5-6 cm, elliptic to narrow elliptic-oblanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute to cuneate, margin serrate or serrulate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, drying greenish; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves 5-10 pairs, lowermost pair straight and acute; tertiary_nerves reticulo-percurrent. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence racemes, up to 4 cm long; flowers pink; pedicels up to 0.2 cm long. |
| Fruit& seed : | Drupe, narrowly ovoid, 1.2-2 x 0.5 cm, red when ripe; seed grooved. |