Dioecious scandent shrub, rarely a tree (up to 8 m high). Branchlets minutely pubescent when young, greyish-to yellowish-brown. Leaves elliptic to oblong, 8-14 by 2.5-5½ cm, thin-coriaceous, dull-brown when dry, glabrous except stipules, petiole, and midrib beneath; glands 2-3, on the lower surface near the base; base equilateral, acute; apex subabruptly acuminate, acumen 0.5-1 cm long, acute; nervation inconspicuous; nerves 7-8 pairs, curved, distinctly interarching, some intermediate veins well-developed. Inflorescences axillary, 1-2 cm, minutely tomentose, 7-11-flowered. Flowers 2.5 mm long. Petals obovate-spathulate, 2 mm long, 1/3 mm incised, glabrous. Disk-lobes quadrangular, 0.25 mm, glabrous. Ovary densely woolly pubescent, 2-celled; styles 2. Infructescences 0.5-2 cm, with 1-2 fruits. Fruits 1-2(-3)-lobed, ovate, c. 1 by 1.5 cm, minutely fulvous-tomentose; suture distinct; stone slightly rugose.
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