A small shrub 1-2 m tall. Leaves obovate to oblong, 3.5-9 cm x 1.5-3 cm, chartaceous, base acute, apex obtuse, glabrous, petiole 3-10 mm long. Inflorescence a lateral or axillary raceme, 6-10 mm long, few-flowered, with numerous bracts at the base; flowers 4-merous, yellowish-green. Fruit globose, 5-8 mm in diam., densely pellucid punctate.
Applied as a poultice on snakebite (leaves); taken orally against snake bites (sap of the leaves); to treat dysentery, indigestion and eczema (roots and leaves); to treat anaemia, gum bleeding and anorexia (fruits).
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