Tree, 3–10 m high. Leaves glabrous; petiole 8–15 mm long; lamina elliptic to mostly oblong-elliptic, 8–17 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, cuneate at base, entire or sometimes with a few shallow irregularly spaced teeth, acuminate, sometimes bluntly so; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened to slightly raised above, raised beneath. Male inflorescences c. 2 cm long, usually 3-flowered, glabrous. Male flowers turbinate with a marked rim; stamens as 2 pairs; filaments longish, ± glabrous. Female inflorescences 2–3 (–4) cm long, usually 3-flowered, glabrous. Female flowers turbinate with a marked rim, c. 6 mm diam., with small ostiole; tepals as 2 pairs; carpels c. 50, 2–3 mm high, spirally arranged or in irregular whorls; stigma elongate, subulate, short-appressed-pubescent. Fruiting receptacle yellow to yellow-brown. Drupes ovoid, 15–20 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, maroon to black.
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