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Leaves (0.2-3 \u00d7 0.1-1 cm) opposite, solitary or grouped in pseudoverticils, sessile or shortly petiolate (petiole up to 3 mm); elliptic to oblanceolate, with serrated and slightly revolute margin, scabrid-pubescent. Stipules (1.5-2.5 mm) linear to lanceolate, sometimes with serrated margin. Inflorescence an axillary cyme with 1-6(8) zygomorphic flowers, pentamerous, pedicels 1-5 mm, pubescent. Sepals (2.5-5 mm), free, ovate-acuminate, pubescent, with membranous margins. Petals similar in size to the sepals, free, obovate-oblong, obtuse, white to pink, persistent. Stamens 10, with the 5 stamens arranged over the petals slightly shorter than the other 5. Ovary ovoid, 5-locular, styles 1-1.2 mm. 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