branches slightly sulcate, glabrous, greyish; young branchlets shortly pubescent with brown hairs; leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, rounded at both ends or almost subcordate at the base, 1/2–1 in. long, 3–5 lin. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous on both surfaces; lateral nerves 4–6 on each side, distinct on both surfaces, arcuate, prominent below; petiole 1/2–1 1/4 lin. long, shortly pubescent; stipules deciduous; flowers monœcious; racemes very short and few-flowered, about half male and half female; pedicels fairly slender, up to 2/3 in. long, puberulous; buds clavate-ellipsoid, obtuse, about 2 lin. long; sepals linear or oblong-linear, obtuse, 2 lin. long, minutely puberulous; petals small, about 1/5 the length of the sepals, subspathulate; disc thick, undulate, glabrous; anthers 1 1/5 lin. long; rudimentary ovary small, tripartite; female flowers similar to the male; ovary subglobose, black, glabrous; styles 3, somewhat slender, bifid, glabrous; ripe fruits not seen. null