Shrub or small tree to 5 (–7) m high. Stipules linear-subulate, 1.3–3.2 mm long. Leaves petiolate; petiole 1–10 mm long; lamina elliptic, rhomboid, obovate, 12–120 mm long, 10–90 mm wide; margin strongly toothed with 2–5-spine tipped teeth per side; teeth up to 5 mm long. Inflorescence lateral, up to 50 mm long. Male flowers 2 or 3 per glomerule; pedicels 1–1.8 mm long; sepals 2, splitting equally, ovate, 1.5–2.3 mm long, 1.3–2 mm wide; stamens 8. Female flowers: pedicels 1–2.3 mm long; styles flattened on top of ovary, 1–2.5 mm long, entire or somewhat bilobed. Fruit subglobose, 4–8 mm long, 7–9 mm diam. Seeds 4–4.5 mm long, 3.5–4 mm wide, tan to golden-brown.
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