A weakly ascending or scandent deciduous shrub or small tree up to 4.5 m. tall.. Bark smooth, light grey.. Twigs pale greyish brown, sparingly lenticellate.. Young shoots and petioles sparingly, evenly or densely yellow pubescent.. Petioles (0.5–) 1–1.5(–2) cm. long, sometimes with 2 small conical orange-brown glands asymmetrically arranged near the top; leaf-blade ovate, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, (5–)8–13(–17) cm. long, (2–)3–7(–9) cm. wide, abruptly acutely long-acuminate, narrowly to broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, somewhat irregularly denticulate to subentire, membranous, lateral nerves 4–6 pairs, ascending, not or weakly looped, scarcely prominent above, slightly so beneath, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous and more evenly pubescent along the midrib and main nerves above, evenly pubescent and more densely so along the midrib and main nerves beneath, mid-green above, paler beneath, never becoming purplish.. Stipules minute, conical-cylindric, not aculeate nor becoming indurated, 0.5–0.7 mm. long, not accrescent, yellowish, soon caducous.. Male inflorescences simply racemose, (1–)2–4(–5) cm. long, long-pedunculate, pendulous; peduncle and axis evenly pubescent; bracts minute, resembling the stipules, glabrous.. Male flowers: pedicels capillary, 3–13 mm. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, articulate near the base; calyx-lobes (3–)4(–5), broadly ovate-suborbicular, 1.5 mm. long and broad, subacute or obtuse, sparingly pubescent to subglabrous or glabrous without, glabrous within, greenish white, translucent; extrastaminal glands 0, or rarely developed, interstaminal glands minute, rounded, tipped with a few small hairs; stamens 25–40, outer 7–10, the rest central, 0.7 mm. long, anthers white or yellowish.. Female inflorescences simply racemose, 2–5 cm. long, long-pedunculate, peduncle and axis evenly to densely pubescent; bracts narrowly triangular-lanceolate, 0.5 mm. long, acute, glabrous.. Female flowers: pedicels 1–3 mm. long, sparingly pubescent or glabrous, articulate at the base; calyx-lobes 2(–3), broadly ovate, ± enclosing the ovary, 1–1.5 mm. long, 0.7–1 mm. wide, acute, glabrous or subglabrous, pale green; disc-glands 2, excentric, scale-like, ± united around the base of the ovary, suborbicular or transversely ovate, 0.5 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide, rounded, glabrous; ovary bilobate (rarely trilobate), 1 mm. diameter, glabrous; styles 2, rarely 3, united at the base into a short column, 1 mm. long, divaricate-spreading at first, later recurved, stigmas smooth.. Fruit dicoccous, didymous, rarely tricoccous or by abortion monococcous, the cocci 4–6 mm. diameter, glabrous, pale green. Columella laterally compressed.. Seeds 3–4 mm. diameter, shallowly and rather coarsely foveolate-reticulate, aril orange-red.
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Male flowers: pedicels up to 1.3 cm long, capillary, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, jointed near the base; buds 1.5–2 mm in diameter, oblate, slightly apiculate, truncate at the base, glabrous or subglabrous; calyx lobes 4(5), 1.5 × 1.5 mm, broadly triangular-ovate, acute or subacute, greenish-white, translucent; extrastaminal glands absent or rarely developed, interstaminal glands numerous, minute, rounded, hair-tipped; stamens 25–40, 7–10 outer, the rest central, 0.7 mm long, anthers yellowish-white.
Leaf blades 5–10 × 3–5 cm, ovate, acuminate, subentire, rounded or truncate at the base, membranous, sparingly pubescent on upper surface but more evenly so along the midrib and main nerves, evenly so beneath and densely so along the midrib and main nerves, medium green above, paler beneath; lateral nerves in 4–6 pairs, ascending, not or weakly-looped, not prominent above, slightly so beneath.
Female flowers: pedicels 1–3 mm long, glabrous, jointed near the base; calyx lobes 2(3), 1.5 × 1 mm, broadly ovate, enclosing the ovary, acute, glabrous, pale green; disk glands 2, 0.5 × 0.5–1 mm, suborbicular; ovary 1 mm in diameter, 2-lobed, glabrous; styles 2(3), 1 mm long, united at the base, divaricate-spreading, later recurved, stigmas smooth.
A shrub. It grows 2.5 m high. The wood is soft. Young growth has yellowish hair. The leaf blades are 5-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. There are hairs especially underneath. There are 4-6 pairs of side veins. Male flower shoots are 5 cm long. Female flower shoots are 2-3 cm long. The fruit are 4-6 mm long by 5-10 mm wide. The seeds are 3-4 mm across.
Female inflorescences 2–3 cm long, the peduncle up to 2 cm long, racemose, 10–12-flowered, sparingly pubescent; bracts 1 mm long, narrowly triangular-lanceolate, acute, glabrous.
Fruit 4–6 × 5 or 10 mm, didymous, or by abortion subglobose, glabrous, pale green. Columella laterally compressed.
Male inflorescences up to 5 cm long, racemose, long-pedunculate, pendulous; bracts minute, glabrous.
Stipules minute, conic-cylindric, not aculeate nor becoming hardened, yellowish-brown.
Seeds 3–4 mm in diameter, coarsely shallowly foveolate-reticulate, aril orange-red.
Young growth evenly to densely yellowish-pubescent.
A shrub up to 2.5 m high.
Twigs pale greyish-brown.
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