quite glabrous, sub-glaucous; branches terete; branchlets striate-angulate; leaves petiolate; leaflets sessile, broadly obovate or elliptic-orbiculate, shortly cuspidate, acute, cuneate at base, margin penni-nerved on both surfaces; racemes glabrous, the terminal one longer, paniculated; drupe globose, glabrous. Branches sub-papillose; branchlets purple, quite smooth. Petiole terete, a little furrowed above, 1/2–1 inch long. Leaflets sub-coriaceous, about 1 1/2 inch long, an inch wide, penni-nerved but not reticulate, the lateral ones elliptic, acute at both ends. Axillary racemes pedunculate, 1–2 inches long, 8–12-flowered, pedicels 2 lines long; the terminal one as long as, or a little longer than, the leaves. Flowers unknown. Fruit the size of a small pea.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs at Magalisberg, Zeyh. n. 345. Nov. (Herb., Sond.)
