Shrub or small tree up to 10 m, with spreading branches; branchlets glabrous, somewhat angular. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, shortly +-obtusely acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate into the petiole at the base, little inequilateral, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, brownish-olivaceous to darkgreen when dry, very shining on both sides, laxly pellucid-lineate, not or minutely pellucid-punctate, entire or slightly crenate, 9-14(-18, rarely up to 20) by (3-)4-6(-7, rarely up to 9) cm; midrib somewhat impressed above, very prominent and brownish-reddish beneath, nerves c. 8 pairs, arcuate-ascending, flat or slightly impressed above, rather prominent beneath, veins and venules densely reticulated and finely elevated on both faces; petiole +-8 mm, glabrous. Flowers white to pale green, on or near the top of short (3-5 mm), many-bracteate axes, these mostly in fascicles of 2 or 3, rarely solitary. Bracts ovate, acute, membranous, short-pilose towards their apex, ± 2 mm. Pedicel +-1 mm. Calyx thin, in all 2-2.5 mm long, deeply 5-lobed. Stamens 8, equal in length; filaments glabrous, 0.5 mm. Staminodes as long as the filaments, barbate. Ovary elongate-ovoid, glabrous. Fruit oblong, orange when fresh, c. 1.2 cm long.
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