Treelet. Leafy twigs 1-2 mm thick, minutely puberulous, partly with uncinate hairs. Leaves distichous; lamina elliptic to subobovate, 5-14(-21) by 2-5(-7.5) cm, subcoriaceous, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base cuneate, margin crenate-dentate; upper and lower surface sparsely puberulous on the main veins, smooth; lateral veins 6-10, tertiary venation reticulate (to subscalariform); petiole 0.3-1 cm long, minutely puberulous, partly with uncinate hairs; stipules 0.3-0.6 cm long, puberulous, subpersistent. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, bisexual or staminate and 0.7-2 cm wide or pistillate and uniflorous; peduncle 0.5-1.2 cm long, minutely puberulous; staminate flowers: pedicel 0.5-1.5 mm long, perianth 1.5 mm long, puberulous, stamens 2-2.5 mm long, anthers c. 1 mm long; pistillate flower(s): perianth 3-4 mm, in fruit up to c. 6 mm long, densely puberulous, style 3-6 mm long, stigmas 3-8 mm long; bracts ovate to narrowly ovate, 2-3 mm long, puberulous, bracteoles narrowly ovate to subulate, 3-5 mm long, puberulous. Endocarp body c. 1 cm long.
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