Shrub 2½ m, sometimes epiphytic. Leaves 1-foliolate and/or 3-foliolate; petiole 1½-3 cm, sparsely puberulous, glabrescent. Leaflets sub-coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 4-10 by 1¼-3½ cm, entire, glabrous, rarely sparsely puberulous on the midrib beneath, with glabrous pit-like domatia; base cuneate to attenuate; apex caudate to lingulate, acumen 1¼-2 cm long; nerves 10-17 pairs, veins reticulate, faint or obscure on both surfaces; petiolules very short, c. 1/5 cm. Inflorescences axillary, paniculate, rarely racemose and few-flowered, 2½-11 cm long, glabrous, branches up to 3(-6)cm; bracts ovate, c. ⅔ mm long; pedicels 4-5 mm. Flowers cream coloured. Calyx lobes triangular, ½-¾ mm long. Petals elliptic, 1½-2 by 1 mm, glabrous. Stamensc. 1 mm; anthers ovoid, c. ½ mm long; staminodes in ♀ c. ½ mm. Disk shortly cupular, c. 1 mm Ø. Ovary subglobose, c. ½ mm Ø, glabrous; pistillode in ♂ c. ½ mm long. Drupe (young) subglobose, 3 by 4 mm, purple-red.
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