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*Shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall, with slender branches, glabrous. *Leaves opposite, simple and entire; stipules small, connate or sheathing; petiole up to 2 mm long; blade elliptical, up to 10 cm × 5 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, glossy, lateral veins in 3–4 pairs, looping. *Flowers solitary, terminal, bisexual, regular, 5-merous, c. 2.5 cm long, fragrant during the night, sessile; calyx shallowly cup-shaped, truncate; corolla white, tubular, tube slightly longer than lobes; stamens with short filaments, anthers completely included in corolla tube; ovary inferior, 2-celled, style 2-fid, remaining within corolla tube. *Fruit an obovoid to ellipsoid drupe c. 12 mm in diameter, distinctly 2-lobed, containing 2 leathery, 1-seeded pyrenes, black when dry. *Seeds grooved on inner surface, smooth.

Jansen, P.C.M., 2005. '''Psilanthus ebractiolatus''' Hiern. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Jansen, P.C.M. & Cardon, D. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.