Small tree, 8 m; only the tips of the branchlets fulvous-hirsute. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 1-1.5 cm obtusely subcuspidate-acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, membranous, brownish when dry, densely pellucid-punctate and-striate, above sparsely, underneath more densely soft-hairy specially on midrib and nerves, finely distantly denticulate, 12-18 by 5-8 cm; nerves (10-)11-12(-14) pairs, as the midrib nearly flat above, prominent beneath, veins obscure above, little but well visibly raised underneath; petiole rather thick, fulvous-tomentose 1.5-2.5 mm. Stipules pubescent, mostly 1-2-dentate at each side. Flowers only known from rests persistent under the fruit. Calyx in all 2.5 mm long, 5-lobed in the upper half, hairy outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 10; filaments glabrous, filiform, alternately 0.7 and 0.5 mm long. Staminodes elongate-triangular, barbate at the apex, 0.5 mm. Ovary not seen. Fruit oblong, red, with c. 8-10 red-coloured seeds.
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