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Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.

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Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.

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Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.