Botanical descriptions Ecology Distribution Literature
| Habit : | Small trees up to 7 m tall. |
| Trunk\bark : | Bark brownish, irregularly scaly; blaze yellowish. |
| Branchlets : | Young branchlets angular to subterete, pubescent. |
| Leaves : | Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, pubescent when young; lamina 4.5-6.5 x 2.5-3 cm, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, sometimes suborbicular, apex acute or acuminate, base attenuate to acute or obtuse, margin serrate, glabrous, coriaceous, glands on the midrib beneath; midrib slightly raised or flat above; secondary_nerves 4-6 pairs; tertiary_nerves broadly reticulate, not prominent. |
| Flowers : | Inflorescence axillary and terminal, racemose; flowers urceolate, pink or rarely whitish; petals glabrous; stamens with awns; pedicel ca. 0.3 cm long. |
| Fruit& seed : | Berry, smooth, globose; seeds many. |