Monoecious shrub or small tree, usually 4-6 (10) m tall, glabrous all over except on inflorescences; sap whitish, not copious. Leaves alternate, simple; stipules paired, linear, ca 5 mm long, caducous; petioles to 8 mm long; blades oblong, long-acuminate at apex, obtuse to rounded at base, 6-13 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, the margins subentire to crenulate and often undulate. Inflorescences pendent from leaf axils, +/- granular-puberulent on axes and pedicels, to 12 cm long; staminate flowers in groups of 3, the peduncles stout, short, bearing a conspicuous biglandular bract at base; pedicels slender, articulate above base, ca 1 cm long; flowers globular, maroon, 1.5-2 mm wide; calyx of 3-5 ovate lobes; petals and disk lacking; anthers many; pistillate flowers solitary at basal nodes, 3-7 per inflorescence; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, subtended by a mostly eglandular bract; sepals 6, maroon, bifid at apex, subequal; petals and disk lacking; ovary 3-carpellate, each carpel with 1 ovule; styles 3, connate into a slender column more than 1 cm long, free and simple near apex, densely whitish-pubescent. Capsules subglobose, ca 1.5 cm diam, 3-valved, explosively dehiscent, the valves in turn splitting into 2 parts; seeds 1 per carpel, ca 8 mm long, suspended by a fleshy funicle at apex. Croat 7026, 7303. Frequent in the forest, especially the young forest. Flowers sporadically throughout the year, mostly from October to April. Most fruits mature during the dry season. Individuals are often found in the dry season with new flowering inflorescences that produce fruits in the rainy season.