glabrous; branches subterete, fairly stout, about 1 3/4 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex; branchlets up to 4 in. long; internodes of the branchlets 1/2–1 in. long, compressed, tapering downwards, strongly 6-ribbed, the two ribs below the leaves wing-like; leaves distinctly petioled, obovate or obovate-oblong, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, subcuneate into the base, 2/3–1 1/4 in. long, 3 1/2–9 1/2 lin. broad, minutely serrulate in a dried state, thickly coriaceous, dull, 3-nerved, nerves prominent on the upper surface, less evident on the lower; petiole 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; flowers apparently diœcious; male cymules axillary, solitary or ternate, peduncled, 3-flowered; peduncle nearly 1/2 lin. long; bracteal cup boat-shaped, hardly 1 1/4 lin. long; male flowers quadrangular, fusiform, 1 1/2 lin. long; petals deltoid, 3/4 lin. long, not distinctly demarcated from the receptacle; anthers oblong, 3/4 lin. long, 1/3– 3/8 lin. broad; female inflorescence: bracteal cups axillary, solitary or geminate, peduncled, 1-flowered, strongly bilabiate, lips diverging at nearly a right angle, 1/2 lin. high, minutely glandular-ciliate; peduncle 1/2– 5/8 lin. long; flowers pedicelled; receptacle and pedicel together subcylindric, slightly tapering downwards, 7/8 lin. long; receptacle warted; petals lanceolate-oblong, 3/4 lin. long; style and stigma together 5/8 lin. long; stigma capitate; berry ovoid, truncate, coarsely and densely warted, 2 lin. long excluding the pedicel; pedicel stout, broadened into the base of the berry, 3/4 lin. long. null
