Shrub or small tree up to 6 m, with few horizontal branches. Bark light grey, smooth. Wood hard, straw coloured. Leaves ovate to narrowly lanceolate,-5-15 (-17) by 1.5-4 (-5.5) cm; apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate to rounded; lateral nerves 8-15 pairs, midrib prominent beneath; petiole 1-4 mm. Inflorescences axillary, usually solitary, rarely 2 or 3 together; rachis 1-2 cm long (in fruiting state up to 2.5 cm). Bracts 2-3 by 2-3.5 mm. ♂Flowers 1-3 per bract; pedicels 1.5-4 mm long. Tepals 1.5-2 mm-long. Stamens 1.5-2.5 mm; anthers subcordate, 0.3 mm long. Disk undulate. Rudimentary pistil cylindric, up to c. 1 mm long, spindly. ♀ Flowers 1-3per bract. Tepals and stamens 0. Disk 0.5 mm. Ovary conical, 1 mm long. Drupe red, 10-12 mm ø; pedicel 5-7 mm long, often bent.
Home