Shrub, about 2 m; young branches glabrous. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 11-15 by 3.5-6 cm, acuminate, base broadly cuneate, somewhat coriaceous, margin entire or rarely with a few teeth in the distal part, principal veins prominent on the lower surface and strongly arched; petiole 15-20 mm, gla-brous. Inflorescences axillary, solitary or fascicled. Male rachis c. 35 mm, sparsely pilose, bearing a terminal flower and a pair of lateral flowers on short branches; receptacle turbinate, c. 5 mm ø, sparsely pilose outside; tepals 4; stamens 4, free. Female inflorescences similar, apparently only a single terminal flower producing fruit; receptacle at anthesis not seen; rachis becoming stout and woody at fruiting. Drupes numerous, c. 15-18 mm stipitate, ovoid, c. 30 by 20 mm, glabrous, wrinkled, purple-black.
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