Shrub to 2 m; young branches slender, with ap-pressed tomentum. Leaves elliptic, 4-5 by 1.3-2.2 cm, membranaceous, base cuneate, apex long-acuminate, entire, midrib prominent, veins obscure, becoming glabrous except for the midrib below; petiole 3-5 mm long, pubescent, channelled above. Inflorescence axillary, in dichasia or solitary, pubescent. Male flowers cupuliform, 2.5 mm Ø, ped-icel 3-5 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous within; tepals 6, ovate; stamens 2, subsessile. Female flowers solitary, arising above the axils, pedicel 10-15 mm, pubescent. Receptacle woody with very short stipes. Drupes ovoid, 20 by 12.5 mm.
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