Shrub or small tree 1–4 m high. Leaves glabrous; petiole 2–5 mm long; lamina oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 11–26 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, cordate to almost stem clasping at base, serrate to almost entire, acuminate to acute or bluntly acute at apex; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened to slightly raised above, raised beneath. Male inflorescence axillary, clustered, 1-or 3-flowered, 1.0–1.5 cm long; pedicels 4–8 mm long, glabrous. Male flowers angular-globose; tepals 6, with 2 pairs around ostiole, and 1 pair lower on receptacle; stamens in 2 pairs; filaments long, 1 pair slightly longer than other. Female inflorescence axillary or terminal, usually 1-flowered, occasionally 2 or 3, 1–2.5 (–4) cm long; pedicels c. 5–15 mm long, glabrous. Female flowers globose to depressed-globose, 3–4 mm high, 4–5 mm diam.; carpels c. 25; ovary glabrous; stigma ± hemispherical. Fruiting receptacle yellow with orange tinge. Drupes ovoid, c. 12–15 (–20) mm long, 10–12 mm wide, purplish black or black.
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