Sprawling shrub or small tree to 7 m, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong or suborbicular, up to 17 by 8.5 cm, coriaceous, base rounded to broadly cuneate, apex obtuse to slightly apiculate, margin en-tire or occasionally with obscure dentations, midrib, lateral veins and reticulation evident, glabrous; petiole 5-10 mm, channelled above. Monoecious. Inflorescences axillary, supra-axillary, or terminal, flowers solitary or usually in dichasia, or pleiochasia, c. 30 mm long, peduncle c. 10 mm, bracteate at its base, pedicels c. 10-12 mm, subtended by bracts. Male flowers ovoid, c. 3 mm Ø, 3 pairs of tepals, 4 stamens with horseshoe-shaped openings, filaments very short. Female flowers ± globose, c. 4 mm Ø, os-tiole with 4 pairs of tepals and prominent swollen glands within, carpels numerous, ovary glabrous, stigma obtuse. Fruiting peduncle and pedicels elon-gated up to 8 cm, receptacle woody, c. 10 mm Ø. Drupes ovoid, c. 16 by 12 mm, or subspherical, ± sessile or shortly stipitate.
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