A perfectly glabrous shrub, 10 ft. high; branches greyish or brown when dry. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblong, abruptly acuminate (acumen narrow, linear, up to 1 lin. long), acute to cuneate at the base, very variable in size, 2 1/2–6 in. long, 1 1/4–2 1/2 in. broad, thin, dark-green above, paler beneath; secondary nerves slender, 8–10 on each side, oblique, curved; veins quite obscure; petiole slender, up to 8 lin. long. Inflorescences 1–1 1/2 in. long; peduncle up to 1/2 in. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, inconspicuous; pedicels up to 2 1/2 lin. long. Calyx slightly over 1 lin. long, persistent; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube 3–4 lin. long, delicately papillose below the stamens, otherwise quite glabrous; lobes obovate, 2 1/2 lin. long. Anthers 1 1/2 lin. long. Mericarps orange-coloured, about 1 in. long, over 1/2 in. broad; wings about 1 lin. broad, fused towards the tip into a very broad obtuse short beak. Seeds up to 4 lin. long.
