Branchlets usually moderately to densely pubescent with stellate hairs. Leaves: petiole 5–10 mm long; lamina elliptic to ovate, 6–11 cm long, 2.5–5.5 cm wide, attenuate, cuneate to rounded at base, entire, mostly acuminate, glabrous on upper surface, densely grey to off-white stellate-hairy (felt-like in texture) on lower surface; midrib flattened to sunken above, raised and prominent beneath. Male inflorescences 4–7.5 cm long, (9–) 13–36-flowered; pedicels 7–10 mm long. Male flowers 4–7 mm diam.; tepals 4 or 5 (6); stamens c. 30–35. Female inflorescences 2–2.5 cm long, (5–) 9–15-flowered; pedicels c. 3–7 mm long. Female flowers ovoid to globose, 2–3 mm diam.; tepals 4 or sometimes 5; carpels c. 10–12, c. 2.5 mm high, ± glabrous. Fruiting receptacle enlarging to at least 1.5 cm diam. before splitting, green outside, pink to red inside. Drupes ± globose, 5–6 mm diam., dark brown to black.
Grows in rainforests, often near the margins, from 80–1550 m alt., and commoner at higher altitudes.
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