A shrub, 1.75 m high, glabrous, in all its parts, the nodes dilated. Leaves broadly elliptic, up to 27 by 16 cm, coriaceous, base broadly cuneate, apex abruptly apiculate, margin coarsely dentate, midrib and lateral veins prominent below, channelled above; petiole c. 10 mm long, 4 mm wide. ?Monoecious. Inflorescence axillary or supra-axillary, cymose panicles, rachis c. 5 cm long, lateral branches c. 2 cm long, sometimes again branched, pedicels 10-12 mm, slender and slightly thickened below the receptacle. Male flowerovoid, c. 2 mm Ø, ostiole with 3 pairs of tepals, outer whorl of stamens 3-4, inner whorl c. 3, anther with 1 horseshoe-shaped opening; filament pubescent. Female flower ovoid, c. 3 mm Ø, ostiole surrounded by small obtuse tepals in pairs, the innermost forming thickened pendulous glands; carpels c. 15-20, with a short blunt stigma. Fruiting receptacle c. 12 mm Ø. Drupes subsessile, ovoid (not fully mature).
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