Shrub, 1 m tall, without spines, dioecious. Leafy twigs 1-2 mm thick, puberulous, mainly with dark brown appressed hairs. Leaves distichous; lamina subcoriaceous, (sub)obovate, 6-15 by 2-7 cm, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base obtuse, margin coarsely crenate-dentate towards the apex; upper surface (subglabrous) smooth; lower surface sparsely appressed puberulous with dark brown appressed hairs, scabridulous; midrib prominent or prominent in a groove above, lateral veins (7-)8-10 pairs, tertiary venation subscalariform to reticulate, slightly prominent; petiole 0.3-0.7 cm long, c. 1 mm thick, puberulous with dark brown appressed hairs; stipules 0.1-0.2 cm long, subpersistent (or caducous). Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary, subsessile, subcapitate with 3-5 flowers; tepals 4, valvate in the bud, c. 1.5 mm long, outside appressed puberulous with dark brown hairs, the margin white tomentellous; stamens 4, inflexed in the bud, anthers c. 1 mm long, pistillode obconical, c. 0.5 mm long; bracts basally attached ovate 1-2 mm long, appressed puberulous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, solitary, uniflorous; peduncle c. 0.2 cm long; tepals 4, decussate imbricate, c. 1.5 mm long, outside appressed puberulous with dark brown hairs, margin white ciliolate; ovary c. 1 mm long, style c. 3 mm long, stigmas 2, filiform, 6-8 mm long; bracts few, basally attached, ovate, c. 0.2 mm long, appressedly puberulous; tepals enlarging and probably enveloping the fruit at full maturity.
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