Spreading shrub or small tree 1–5 (–9) m high. Leaves glabrous; petiole 5–15 mm long; lamina obovate, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 6–21 cm long, 2–7 cm wide, cuneate to attenuate at base, prominently but somewhat irregularly toothed, acute at apex; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened above, raised beneath. Male inflorescence axillary, 2–3.5 (–5) cm long, 7–9-flowered; pedicels c. 8 mm long, densely pubescent. Male flowers globose, 4–5 mm diam.; tepals as 4 pairs; stamens c. 30, arranged in vertical rows over lower and side walls of receptacle; filaments short. Female inflorescence axillary, 3–5 cm long, 1–9-flowered; pedicels 10–15 mm long, densely silky-pubescent. Female flowers globose, 5–7 mm diam.; outer tepals as 2 pairs; carpels c. 35; ovary densely silky-pubescent; stigma ± hemispherical. Fruiting receptacle swollen, orange. Drupes ovoid, c. 15–22 mm long, 10–15 mm wide, glossy, olive black.
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