Shrub or small slender tree 1.8–8 m high. Leaves densely pubescent when young, especially on midrib, glabrescent; petiole 8–12 mm long; lamina elliptic or oblong-elliptic, 8.5–14 cm long, 3–6 cm wide, cuneate or sometimes slightly rounded at base, entire, acute, occasionally slightly acuminate or obtuse at apex; midrib prominent on both surfaces, flattened above, raised beneath. Male inflorescence axillary, 1.5–3 cm long, (3–) 5-flowered; pedicels 6–8 mm long, densely pubescent. Male flowers ± globose to clavate, c. 3 mm diam.; tepals 8 in 2 whorls; stamens usually 4, in 2 pairs, rarely 1 stamen missing, 1 pair long and 1 short; filaments short or long. Female inflorescence axillary or terminal, c. 1.5 cm long, (1–) 3 (–5)-flowered; pedicels c. 5–8 mm long, densely pubescent. Female flowers rare, ± globose; carpels 20–40; ovary densely pubescent; stigma ± hemispherical. Fruiting receptacle swollen, mid orange or orange-yellow. Drupes ovoid, 12–16 mm long, 9–13 mm wide, glaucous, purple-black to black.
Grows in drier, more seasonal, rainforest, from 200–800 m alt.
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