Shrub or small tree, 1.5–5 m high. Leaves pubescent when young, glabrescent or hairs persisting on midrib; petiole 10–15 mm long; lamina elliptic, 8–15 cm long, 3–5.5 cm wide, attenuate to cuneate at base, entire or irregularly but prominently toothed in upper half, acuminate at apex; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened above, raised and prominent beneath. Male inflorescence axillary, c. 1.5 cm long, 5–7-flowered; pedicels 4–5 mm long, densely pubescent. Male flowers angular-globose, 3–4 mm diam.; tepals 6, with 2 pairs around ostiole, and one lower on receptacle; stamens (6) 8 (10), in pairs; filaments of different lengths so as to present a symmetrical formation at ostiole. Female inflorescence axillary, 3–5 cm long, 3–5-flowered; pedicels 7–15 mm long, densely pubescent. Female flowers depressed-globose, c. 8 mm high, 11 mm diam.; outer tepals as 2 pairs; carpels c. 40; ovary long villous especially on lines representing 4 angles; stigma ± hemispherical. Fruiting receptacle enlarged, orange. Drupes ovoid, 15–18 mm long, 10–13 mm wide; glossy black.
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