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Information Shrub, unarmed, not scandent.

Information Shrub or small tree, 1–7(–9) m tall; stems brown, glabrous. Leaf-blades elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 2–15.5 × 0.8–6.6 cm, elliptic to oblong-elliptic; bluntly subacute to narrowly acuminate at the apex, glabrous or with both bristly hairs and much shorter hairs on the upper and particularly lower surface and usually also ciliate; stipules with base 1–2 mm long and filiform apex 2–11 mm long; petiole 3–7 mm long. Flowers in 1–3.5 cm long cymes; pedicels 1–5 mm long. Calyx-lobes 2–6(–7) mm long, linear or oblong-linear. Corolla white or greenish, glabrous; tube 2–3 mm long; lobes 2.5–3 mm long. Style 3.5–4.5 mm long; pollen presenter c. 0.75 mm long. Fruit yellow, subglobose, 1.4–2 cm in diam.; stones 3–5, each 1.3–1.5 cm long.

Information Shrub or small tree, occasionally scandent, 1.2–7(9) m tall, with slender spreading branches; shoots brown, greyish to mid red-brown, dull usually with sparse to dense lenticels and sometimes rather peeling epidermis, glabrous; in some forms some side branches are modified into spines.Leaves thin or very thinly membranous, 2–15.5 × 0.8–6.6 cm, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, bluntly subacute to obtusely acuminate or distinctly narrowly acuminate at the apex, cuneate to almost rounded at the base, glabrous or with both bristly hairs and much shorter hairs on the upper and particularly lower surface and usually also bristly ciliate; lateral nerves in 5–6(7) main pairs; tertiary nerves rather coarsely reticulate; stipules with base 1–2 mm long, and filiform apex 2–11 mm long; petiole 3–7 mm long.Inflorescence graceful, 1–3.5 cm long, the rhachis, pedicels and calyx tube glabrescent to shortly pubescent; ultimate branches 3–8-flowered; peduncle 4–15 mm long with paired ovate-oblong bracts 1–2 mm long; pedicels 1–5 mm long.Calyx tube 1 mm long, subglobose, glabrous to pubescent; lobes 2–6(7) mm long, linear or oblong-linear.Corolla acuminate or acute, usually 5-tailed in bud; white, green or golden-green, glabrous; tube 2–3 mm long, not markedly hairy at throat; lobes 2.5–3 mm long, narrowly triangular, ± obtuse to distinctly appendaged and apiculate at the apex.Style slender, 3.5–4.5 mm long; pollen presenter 0.75 mm long, cylindrical, minutely 5-lobulate.Fruit yellow, 1.4–2 cm in diameter, subglobose, on stalks 0.1–3 cm long; pyrenes 3–5, each 1.3–1.5 cm long.

Information Plants never spiny.Leaves glabrous.Calyx tube pubescent, the lobes short, up to c. 4 mm long.Peduncles short, up to 7 mm long.

Information Small tree or shrub 1.8–6(12) m tall, with smooth bark; branchlets slender, at first covered with spreading yellowish-brown hairs, later ± glabrous, dull purplish, with finely ridged bark which flakes off in small pieces.Leaves membranous to thinly papery, 2–11 × 0.6–4.8 cm, elliptic or ovate-elliptic to elliptic-oblong, acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, almost glabrous to densely pubescent above and on the nervation beneath, never velvety and the surface never obscured; lateral nerves in 6(7) main pairs; tertiary nerves moderately finely reticulate; petiole 5–9(15) mm long, spreading pubescent; stipules joined at base to form a cylindrical sheath 2 mm long with decurrent pubescent subulate appendage 5–7 mm long.Inflorescences pubescent, sweet-scented, often at leafless nodes, 1–2 cm long, usually of 7-flowered short dichasial cymes; peduncle 0.9–1.5 cm long with involucre of small brownish bracts at apex and another about one third the length below it or midway, presumably a true peduncle with a secondary axis but lateral branchlets suppressed; true secondary branches c. 2 mm long; pedicels 0–2 mm long.Calyx pubescent; tube c. 1 mm long, campanulate; lobes c. 1.5 mm long, triangular.Corolla rounded or ± acute in bud, distinctly contracted around the limb/tube junction in the dry state; white, yellow or pale green, glabrous or with a very few scattered hairs or with limb part pubescent outside, tube 4–5 mm long; lobes 3–3.5 × 1.5–1.8 mm, oblong-triangular, acute but not apiculate, strongly reflexed.Style exserted 1.5–2 mm; pollen presenter 0.7 mm long, ± cylindrical.Fruits deep yellow, 18–22 mm wide; pyrenes 3–5, each 18 × 8 mm with a conspicuous almost central notch.

Information Shrub, subscandent shrub or small spreading tree 1.8–15 m tall.Stems sometimes several, virgate with branching often horizontal; bark grey, brown or red-brown, more or less smooth or finely ridged; young shoots mostly dark plum-coloured and lenticellate, quite glabrous.Leaves 3–15(17) × 1.5–6(8) cm, elliptic, oblong, ovate or ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, distinctly acuminate at the apex, rounded to cuneate or occasionally subcordate at the base, often discolorous and venose beneath when dry, quite glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent beneath; lateral nerves in (6)7–8 main pairs; tertiary nerves finely reticulate; petiole 7–10(14) mm long; stipules with filiform part 3–9.5 mm long from a short broad base 1.5–2 mm long.Inflorescences typically short, 1–3.5 cm long including peduncle, fairly lax to very condensed, the rhachis pedicels and calyx tube almost glabrous to usually pubescent or densely shortly hairy; peduncle 5–10 mm long, similarly hairy, with paired bracts near the apex 3 × 2 mm long; pedicels 2–4 mm long, pubescent.Calyx tube 1.5 mm in diameter, subglobose, glabrescent to densely shortly hairy; lobes (1.2)3–7 mm long, oblong to linear, sometimes slightly spathulate, glabrous or ciliolate.Corolla distinctly apiculate at the apex but not tailed in bud; glabrous outside, greenish-white, or green to yellow; tube 4–5 mm long with a conspicuous tuft of hairs projecting from the throat; lobes 4–4.5 ´ 2 mm.Style 6–8 mm long; pollen presenter 1.2 mm long.Fruit turning brown, 1.7–2.2 × 1.4–2.2 cm, subglobose, or sometimes irregularly ellipsoid where only one pyrene has developed, glabrous; pyrenes 3–5, 9–17 × 4–6 mm.

Information Shrub or small tree, 0.8–5 m tall, often multi-stemmed and sometimes with a spreading crown; stems slender, glabrous, with wine-red bark, smooth when young but soon becoming powdery.Leaves 6.2–11(15.5) × 2.2–4.5 cm, narrowly to broadly elliptic, acute to shortly acuminate at the apex, cuneate or less often rounded at the base, entirely glabrous or sometimes with a few scattered hairs; lateral nerves in 5–6 main pairs; tertiary nerves moderately finely reticulate, often drying blue-black; petiole 2–5 mm long, often drying blackish; stipules on young stems with base c. 2 mm long and appendage c. 5 mm long; older stipules congested with dingy-coloured hairs inside.Inflorescences often appear before the leaves are fully expanded, sparsely pubescent to pubescent, 5–13-flowered; main peduncle up to 2.5 mm long; pedicels about 2 mm long, save those of central flower of inflorescence which may be longer.Calyx tube c. 1 mm long, pubescent or glabrous; lobes 1.2–1.8 mm long, narrowly oblong, usually glabrous.Corolla obtuse to slightly acuminate in bud; greenish-cream, glabrous; tube c. 4 mm long; lobes 2.5–3.5 mm long, acuminate.Style 5–6 mm long; pollen presenter yellow, 1.2 mm long, cylindrical.Fruits green to brownish, 1.8–2 cm diameter, subglobose; pyrenes 4–5, each c. 20 mm long.