Main stem terete, about 2 lin. in diam. 9–15 in. below the apex of the branchlets; branches two-angled, more or less compressed; branchlets much compressed, with linear internodes, tapering slightly from apex to base; internodes 1–2 1/4 in. long. Leaves subsessile, narrowly obovate or obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, rounded at the apex, narrowly cuneate into the base, 3/4–2 in. long, 4–10 lin. broad, coriaceous, glabrous, distinctly 3- or 5-nerved, finely reticulate, slightly glossy; petiole up to 1 lin. long. Cymules axillary and terminal, solitary or ternate, peduncled, 3-flowered, flowers monœcious, tetramerous, all of one sex in the same cyme. Male cymule: Peduncle about 1 3/4 lin. long or less, produced nearly 1/4 lin. beyond the bracteal cup. Bracteal cup boat-shaped, 1 1/4 lin. long, subapiculate at both ends. Flower-bud ellipsoid, 3/4 lin. long. Flower 7/8 lin. long, solid base 1/6 lin. long. Receptacular tube about 1/6 lin. long. Petals ovate, about 1/2 lin. long, 3/8– 1/2 lin. broad. Anthers suborbicular, 1/4 lin. in diam., or elliptic, 3/8 lin. long, 1/4 lin. broad. Female cymule: Peduncle 2–3 lin. long, more or less produced above the bracteal cup. Bracteal cup minutely ciliate, acute at both ends, finally becoming crescent-shaped. Receptacle subcylindric, slightly narrowed into the base, 3/4 lin. long, hardly 1/2 lin. in diam., or compressed, 1/2 lin. broad, 3/8 lin. deep, smooth. Petals ovate-oblong or deltoid-ovate, 1/3 lin. long, 1/4– 1/3 lin. broad. Stigma projecting 1/8– 1/7 lin. above the insertion of the petals. Young berry oblong-ellipsoid.
