Small shrub, ¾-l¼ m, or treelet to 4 m. Twigs densely appressedly to patently (softly) pilose to nearly glabrous. Leaves acuminate with rounded to cordate base and glandular denticulate to dentate margin, elliptic to ovate, 5-14 by 2½-5½ cm; nerves 7-13 pairs, meeting in a looped intramarginal vein; petiole 2-10 mm. Flowers in a reduced spike of at most 2 cm, usually only 1 (subterminal) flower left, sometimes another flower present in bud, axis glabrous. Bracts many, appressedly pubescent, 4-8 cm. Calyx divided into the appressedly pubescent 3-5 mm long lobes. Corolla 5-8 mm. Stamens 80 to more than 150. Disk softly pilose. Ovary glabrous, 2-3 mm high; style gla-brous, to 2½ mm long. Fruit obliquely ovoid to ellipsoid to spindle-shaped, 17-22 by 8-10 mm. Seed 1, filling the whole stone, with the embryo straight or slightly curved.
Montane rainforest and depleted Castanopsis-Nothofagus forest, 2000-2300 m. Fl. July, Sept.; fr. Aug., Jan.
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