Description:
Evergreen shrubs, 1.5-4 m tall; branches terete, young branches and
twigs ridge, green or brown when dry. Leaves opposite; petiole sturdy,
short, less than 0.5 cm; leaf blade leathery or thickly leathery,
obovate or elliptic-obovate, occasionally elliptic, 2-2.5 × 5-6 cm, base
cuneate or attenuate, margin crenulate, serrulate to serrate, apex
acute, acuminate, sometimes obtuse; lateral veins 5-6 pairs, inapparent,
obscure to clear, curving forward, netting and disappearing before
reaching margin. Cymes single, axillary; peduncle slender, 2-3 cm,
dichotomously branched with 3 flowers; pedicel 7-9 mm. Flowers 4-merous,
5-6 mm in diam.; sepals broad ovate, small, greenish; petals reddish,
ovate, top obtuse, ca. 1.9 × 2.1 mm. Capsule greenish when fresh,
reddish when dry, 4-lobed, 1.2-1.5 cm in diam., sometimes only 2 or 3
lobes developed, lobes ovoid. Seeds milky white; aril bright red partial
covering seed.