Shrub or small tree, 1–7 m high. Leaves glabrous; petiole 4–6 mm long; lamina narrowly elliptic to elliptic, 4.5–14 cm long, 1.2–5.4 cm wide, cuneate to attenuate at base, entire or irregularly and sparsely toothed, acute to mostly acuminate; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened above, raised beneath. Male inflorescences 2–3 cm long, 3 (–5)-flowered, appressed-pubescent. Male flowers ± globose, c. 3 mm diam.; tepals as 2 pairs; stamens as 2 pairs, rarely only 1 pair; filaments 2 slightly longer, 2 slightly shorter, slightly pubescent, dark. Female inflorescences 2–3 cm long, 3-flowered, shortly pubescent. Female flowers globose to depressed-globose, c. 3 mm tall, c. 4 mm diam.; tepals as 2 pairs over ostiole; carpels 8–12, c. 2.5 mm tall; the ovary pubescent; stigma elongate, with 4 lines of pubescence. Fruiting receptacle yellow-green to orange. Drupes ovoid, c. 13 mm long, 10 mm wide, black.