Small tree, c. 6–15 m high. Leaves: petiole 3–8 mm long; lamina elliptic to obovate, occasionally ovate, 4.5–16 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, cuneate to shortly attenuate at base, finely toothed, acute to acuminate at apex, glossy dark green above, paler and duller beneath, drying olive-grey to dark brown or blackish, glabrous; midrib slightly indented above, prominent beneath; veins flattened above, prominent beneath. Inflorescence laxly thyrsiform. Tepals pale greenish yellow to pale green. Stamens pale green. Fruiting hypanthium (3–) 5–13 (–16) mm long. Achenes 4–5 mm long, long-plumose; style (12–) 14–18 mm long.
Grows in disturbed rainforest, in moist gullies, or at rainforest margins, at 150–370 m alt.
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