Small tree, to 6 m; young branches densely strigose. Leaves elliptic, c. 8-9 by 3-4 cm, base cuneate, apex with a short obtuse apiculum, margin entire or with few obscure teeth, becoming glabrous on the leaf surface but with appressed hairs persisting at least on the principal veins; petiole to 8 mm. ?Dioecious. Inflorescence axillary or above the axils, of sessile or shortly pedunculate subumbellate fascicles; peduncle to 10 mm, pedicels 20-30 mm, slender, strigose, subtended by minute subulate bracts. Male flowers unknown. Female receptacle subglobose, c. 3-4 mm ø at anthesis; tepals 4, rounded, outer surface densely strigose except for the upper part, inner surface with long bristles between the carpels; carpels c. 15, ovary covered in dense shaggy hairs, style awl-shaped, glabrous. Drupes ovoid, 12 by 7 mm, with appressed hairs, short stipitate.
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