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*Spreading, much-branched, evergreen shrub up to 3(–7) m tall; stems grey-green, densely short-hairy, marked with leaf scars. *Leaves arranged spirally, clustered at ends of branches, simple and entire, upright; stipules absent; petiole 1–3 mm long; blade oblanceolate, 1–4.5 cm × 2–6 mm, base cuneate, apex rounded to acute, hairy on both sides, glandular hairs present. *Inflorescence an axillary cyme as long as the leaves, few-flowered; bracts up to 1 cm long. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 5-merous; pedicel up to 8 mm long; calyx c. 8 mm long, deeply lobed, glandular hairy; petals free, oblong to obovate, c. 7 mm × 5 mm, margins with short hairs, yellow; stamens 10, free, 2.5–4.5 mm long; ovary superior, densely long-hairy, consisting of 5 free carpels, styles c. 4 mm long. *Fruit composed of 5 ellipsoid to obovoid drupes, with faces compressed, each c. 3.5 mm × 3 mm, 1-seeded, hairy, black.