Shrub or tree, 2–12 m high. Leaves glabrous; petiole 1–6 mm long; lamina narrowly to broadly elliptic, 4.5–14 cm long, 2–5.8 cm wide, cuneate at base, entire, acute to acuminate; midrib flattened above, raised and prominent beneath. Male inflorescences 1–1.5 cm long, 1–3-flowered, glabrous. Male flowers depressed-globose, c. 3 mm high, 4 mm diam.; tepals 4, paired; stamens in 2 pairs; filaments flattened, pubescent. Female inflorescences often clustered, 1–1.5 (–2) cm long, 1–3-flowered, glabrous. Female flowers depressed-globose, c. 3 mm high, 4–5 mm diam.; tepals as 2 pairs; carpels 10–24, the ovary c. 2 mm tall; stigma semi-elongate, glabrous. Fruiting receptacle enlarged, dull orange-yellow. Drupes ovoid, c. 15–18 mm long, 8–9 mm wide, red to black.
Grows in rainforest, often by streams, montane rainforest or in open thickets, from 640–1600 m alt.
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