Small tree to 5 m high. Young shoots glabrous. Leaves: lamina ovate to elliptic, (3–) 4–6 (–10) cm long, (1.5–) 2–3 (–4) cm wide, obtuse or acute at base, entire or crenate-dentate margin, very shortly acuminate, acute or obtuse at apex, reticulate with 3 (or 4) primary veins on each side of midrib; petiole 5–12 mm long, yellow-orange, glabrous. Flowers axillary or borne below leaves, solitary or shortly racemose, to 8-flowered. Sepals 4 or 5, oblong-ovate, 1–2 mm long, pubescent along margins, green. Male flowers with 25–30 stamens; filaments 2.5–3 mm long. Female flowers with ovoid-globose ovary, c. 2 mm long; styles 2, c. 0.25 mm long. Fruit ovoid-globose, c. 5–6 mm long, slightly fleshy, purple. Seeds 2–4.
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