Shrub or small tree; branches becoming glabrous; nodes swollen. Leaves elliptic-ovate to 35 by 12 cm, chartaceous, base broadly cuneate, apex apiculate, margin entire or remotely dentate, glabrous above, minute pubescence persisting below, especially on the veins, the midrib and principal veins prominent below; petiole 5-8 mm long, minutely pubescent. ? Dioecious. Inflorescences at or well above the nodes, diffuse paniculate, to 10 cm long; rachis and branches minutely pubescent. Male receptacle turbinate, pubescent, 3 mm high, apex forming a 4-lobed disk; tepals 4, minute; stamens 4, filament broad, hairy, the united anthers small. Female flower and fruit not seen.
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