Small tree, 3 m, glabrous. Leaves oblong, 14-20 by 6-11 cm, chartaceous, base rounded or broadly cuneate, apex rounded with a short apiculum, entire, principal veins prominent below and meeting inside the margin, glabrous; petiole to 22 mm, channelled above. Inflorescences axillary or arising above the foliage leaves, at first setulose becoming glabrous at maturity, one or more few-flowered cymes arising together, peduncles slender, 15-20 mm, with basal bracts and a pair of bracts towards the middle; pedicels c. 5 mm, slightly swollen below the female flowers. Male receptacle obovoid, c. 2.5 mm long, with 6 stamens, the central pair reduced. Female receptacle subglobose, c. 3 mm long; tepals 4, rounded, enclosing swollen glands; c. 10 carpels, very faintly pubescent, stigma short. In fruit the peduncles and pedicels become slightly woody, c. 45 mm long; the receptacle in fruit rather small (c. 10 mm ø) with prominent stipes c. 3 mm long. Drupes ovoid, 16 by 10 mm.
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