A shrub or tree up to 5 m tall, glabrous. Leaves ovate, 2.2—7.7 cm x 1.2—3.3 cm, length width ratio about 2.3, base broadly cuneate, apex long acute to acuminate, margin often recurved, coriaceous, petiole 2—3 mm long, stipules 1.2—2.2 mm long. Staminate flowers 2.6—3 mm in diameter, pedicel 3.5—4.4 mm long, calyx 2.6—3.2 mm x 2.6—3 mm, yellowish to orange, lobes 0.3—0.4 mm long, androphore 2—2.2 mm high, anthers 1.2—1.4 mm long. Pistillate flowers few together, 3—4 mm in diameter, pedicel 0.8—1.7 mm long, calyx 2.2—3.7 mm long, greenish, lobes 1.3—2.4 mm wide, overlapping, ovary cylindrical, 1.2—1.7 mm x 0.9—1 mm, apically often lobed, stigmas 1—1.2 mm long, free, reflexed in older flowers, often split apically. Fruit a flattened globose, 5—7.5 mm x 6.2—8 mm, yellowish with a narrow apical crown. Seed 4.6—5 mm x 3 mm x 3 mm, red.

As an antiseptic (decoction of the leaves)

Hong Kong Flora and Vegetation
PROSEA (Plant Resources of South-East Asia) Foundation

Used to clean cuts and sores (decoction of the leaves); for inflammation of intestine and stomach, sorethroat, and eczema (roots and leaves).