Shrub to 4 m, with spreading branches; young branches fulvous pubescent, older branches with swollen nodes. Leaves c. 5 mm petioled or leaves sub-sessile, pubescent, oblanceolate or elliptic, 16-30 by 7-11 cm, chartaceous, base ± auriculate or truncate, apex apiculate, margin with well-spaced, small dentations especially on the distal half; young leaves with pubescence which may persist on the mature leaves or may be lost except along the veins and around the base. Probably dioecious. Inflorescences usually inserted well above the nodes (occasionally at the nodes); male sessile or pedunculate fascicles of 10-25 pedicellate flowers, peduncle (if present) up to 15 mm; pedicels 10-20 mm, slender, pubescent; female fascicles few-flowered. Male receptacle bowl-shaped or discoid, outside hirsute, c. 6-10 mm ø; tepals 4, minute; stamens 4, 1.5 mm long, filament short, hairy, connective broader than the anthers (before dehiscence). Female receptacle similar to male, carpels numerous, hairy, style awl-shaped, glabrous. Fruit unknown.
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