Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 1.5-2 m in height, upright, highly branched, with long, flexible branches. Unlike the previous species, it has villous stems and branches, with numerous leaves along most of the length of the stems and branches. Bark at the base of the stems greyish-brown, slightly fissured, and in the younger parts green to reddish-brown. Hairs on stems and branches short, whitish and appressed. Leaves (15-50 \u00d7 2,5-7 mm), densely distributed along the stems, especially on the upper half, linear to oblong-lanceolate, acute, attenuate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous, green, matt on the upper side and slightly lighter and punctate on the underside. Bracts usually absent, but glabrous when present. Inflorescence in terminal panicle of 10-60 flowers. Flower 5-6.5 mm long, subsessile. Hypanthium promptly caducous, greenish-whitish, with appressed dense hairs. Sepals 1.5-2.5 mm, ovate, white or whitish-yellowish. Stamens 8, included. Fruit a bacciform drupe, 7-8 \u00d7 6-7 mm, subglobose, fleshy, green at first and bright red when ripe. Seed 1, ovoid (4-5 \u00d7 2-3 mm).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13101","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n