Leaves ovate, cordate at base; lamina 18–25 mm long, 28–45 mm wide, unlobed or shallowly 3–5–lobed, dentate, acute, hispid on both sides, sparsely so above. Male flowers ?solitary, rarely in 2– or 3–flowered fascicles; pedicels 1.5–3 mm long; hypanthium broadly campanulate, 1 mm long; calyx-lobes narrowly triangular, 0.8 mm long; corolla-lobes ovate, 1 mm long, acute, greenish-yellow; anther locules slightly curved; connective appendages absent; disc minute. Female flowers solitary, usually co-axillary with males; pedicels 2–3 mm long; staminodes minute or absent; ovary ellipsoidal, 2.5–3 mm long, glabrous; ovules many; style inserted on thickened disc. Fruit ellipsoidal, 18–20 mm long, 14–16 mm diam., glabrous; pedicel to 10 mm long. Seeds numerous, ovate, 8 mm long, compressed, smooth, pale buff; margin slightly thickened.
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