Shrub to 4 m, with glabrous branches conspicu-ously swollen at the nodes. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 15-36 by 6-14 cm, chartaceous, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex with a slender apiculum 1-2 cm long, entire, midrib and principal veins conspicuous below, arched ascending and uniting within the margin, glabrous or ± ephemeral min-ute pubescence on young foliage; petiole 5-25 mm, stout channelled above. Monoecious. Male inflorescence axillary or supra-axillary, a few-flowered compact cyme or subfasciculate, c. 8 mm long, min-utely puberulous, with small bracts; pedicel slender, c. 3-6 mm long, bracteolate. Male flowers sub-globose, 2-4 mm Ø; tepals 6, obtuse; stamens 6, the innermost 2 smaller. Female flowers not seen. Old infructescence thickened and woody below the fruits; receptacle leathery 8-12 mm Ø, stipes short (1-3 mm). Drupes ovoid or narrowly ovoid-oblong, 16-23 by 8-10 mm.
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