Small tree, c. 3 m, young shoots glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, to 22 by 8.5 cm, chartaceous, base broadly cuneate, apex shortly apiculate, apiculum obtuse, margin irregularly and indistinctly dentate, midrib prominent, principal lateral veins evident, arched, ascending, glabrous; petiole to 3 cm. inflorescences axillary, c. 50 mm long, glabrous, small few-flowered cymes or rather more complex small paniculate cymes, solitary or clustered at nodes, up-per flowers female on stouter pedicels; pedicels c. 20 mm, wider distally. Male receptacle c. 2 mm long, cup-shaped, widely open; tepals 6, rounded; stamens 4 in outer whorl, c. 0.75 mm long, c. 2 in centre, shorter, filament strap-shaped, as wide as the anther. Female receptacle ovoid, c. 2.75 mm long; tepals 6, rounded, ostiole small, with thickened glands within. Fruit not seen.
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