A shrub or treelet up to 3 m tall, glabrous. Leaves ovate, 2.3—5.5 cm x 1.3—3.1 cm, length width ratio 1.8—2, base obtuse, apex obtuse, mucronulate, margin flat, papery, petiole 2—4 mm long, stipules about 2 mm long. Staminate flowers 1.3—1.8 mm in diameter, pedicel 3.5—5 mm long, calyx 1.5—2 mm x 1.3—1.8 mm, relatively thin, greenish, lobes about 0.3 mm long, androphore 1 mm high, anthers 0.8 mm long; pistillate flowers 1.6—5.3 mm in diameter, pedicel 2.5—4 mm long, calyx 1.3—2.8 mm long, greenish, lobes 0.4—2.2 mm wide, ovary cylindrical, about 2 mm x 1 mm, apically lobed, stigmas about 0.2 mm long, not united, not split, pointing towards each other. Fruit ovoid to globose, 4.6—6.3 mm x 4.6—6.7 mm, sometimes a bit spiny, with narrow apical crown, red. Seed 3—4.5 mm x 1.8—2.5 mm x 1.7—2.5 mm. |
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