The World Flora Online

Flowers heterostylous, 5-merous, in branched glabrous panicles, often drying a salmon-red colour, 3–12 cm. long; peduncles 1.5–6 cm. long; secondary branches 0.5–1.5 cm. long; pedicels 3–5 mm. long, sometimes attaining 1 cm. in fruit; bracts and bracteoles minute. Seeds 3.5 mm. long, 3.2 mm. wide, 1.6 mm. thick, obtusely ribbed on the dorsal surface, the ventral surface ± 2-grooved; albumen not ruminate. Leaf-blades elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 3.5–16 cm. long, 1–6 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, often deep brown on drying, completely glabrous or sometimes ciliate along the sides of the midrib; nodules situated in the midrib; petiole 0.3–2 cm. long, glabrous; stipules acuminate, the apex entire or very shortly bidentate, the base ovate-triangular, 3–6 mm. long, glabrous, deciduous. Corolla white, glabrous outside; buds with 5 small “horns” at the apex; tube 3.5–5 mm. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm. long, 0.8–1 mm. wide, slightly appendaged at the apex. Calyx glabrous, broadly turbinate; tube ± 1 mm. long; limb deeply cupuliform, 1–1.7 mm. long, the teeth narrowly triangular 0.25–0.5 mm. long. Stamens with filaments 1.5–3 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 0.3 mm. long in long-styled flowers. Drupes bright cherry-red when ripe, with 2 pyrenes, ellipsoid, 6–8 mm. long, 4–6 mm. wide, crowned with the calyx-limb, glabrous; pyrenes semi-ellipsoid, 4.2 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick, the dorsal surface 4–5-ribbed. Style 2.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 5–6 mm. long in long-styled flowers; stigma-lobes 0.5–1 mm. long. Shrub 0.6–3 m. tall, with rather slender glabrous branches. Seeds 3.5 mm. long, 3.2 mm. wide, 1.6 mm. thick, obtusely ribbed on the dorsal surface, the ventral surface ± 2-grooved; albumen not ruminate. Leaf-blades elliptic to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 3.5–16 cm. long, 1–6 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, often deep brown on drying, completely glabrous or sometimes ciliate along the sides of the midrib; nodules situated in the midrib; petiole 0.3–2 cm. long, glabrous; stipules acuminate, the apex entire or very shortly bidentate, the base ovate-triangular, 3–6 mm. long, glabrous, deciduous. Corolla white, glabrous outside; buds with 5 small “horns” at the apex; tube 3.5–5 mm. long; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm. long, 0.8–1 mm. wide, slightly appendaged at the apex. Calyx glabrous, broadly turbinate; tube ± 1 mm. long; limb deeply cupuliform, 1–1.7 mm. long, the teeth narrowly triangular 0.25–0.5 mm. long. Stamens with filaments 1.5–3 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 0.3 mm. long in long-styled flowers. Drupes bright cherry-red when ripe, with 2 pyrenes, ellipsoid, 6–8 mm. long, 4–6 mm. wide, crowned with the calyx-limb, glabrous; pyrenes semi-ellipsoid, 4.2 mm. long, 3.5 mm. wide, 2 mm. thick, the dorsal surface 4–5-ribbed. Style 2.5 mm. long in short-styled flowers, 5–6 mm. long in long-styled flowers; stigma-lobes 0.5–1 mm. long. Shrub 0.6–3 m. tall, with rather slender glabrous branches.