Shrub or small tree to c. 6 m high. Leaves glabrous; lamina elliptic to broadly so, sometimes lanceolate, orbicular when juvenile, (4.5–) 5–11 (–12.5) cm long, 1.5–4 (–6) cm wide, larger when juvenile, attenuate at base, acute, sometimes subapiculate. Inflorescence sometimes borne below leaves. Calyx 0.2–1.5 mm long with unequal lobes. Corolla absent. Stamens 2 or occasionally 4; anthers lanceolate, c. 2 mm long in male or bisexual flowers, abortive in female flowers. Ovary 1.5–3 mm long, abortive in male flowers. Drupe oblongovoid, 10–15 mm long, red or yellow, less commonly purple when ripe.
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