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*Silky berry, forest false-nettle (En).

*Monoecious shrub or small tree up to 5(–12) m tall; bark surface silver-grey. *Leaves arranged spirally, simple; stipules linear-lanceolate, 3–4 mm long, pointed, persistent; petiole 0.5–5 cm long, slender; blade elliptical-ovate to rhombic-ovate, 1–9 cm × 0.5–5.5 cm, base cuneate to slightly truncate, apex obtuse or acuminate, margins toothed, short-hairy while young, 3(–5)-veined from the base and with 2–4 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence an axillary spike up to 3.5 cm long, with male flowers and usually 1 female flower near base. *Flowers unisexual, without petals; male flowers with pedicel c. 1 mm long, calyx 4-lobed, stamens 8, anthers white; female flowers sessile, subtended by large spathe-like bract 0.5 cm × 1 cm, calyx small, 3-lobed, ovary superior, 3-lobed to nearly globose, c. 0.5 mm in diameter, hairy, styles 3, 3–5 mm long, fused at base. *Fruit a 3-lobed capsule 2–3 mm in diameter, with silky hairs, 3-seeded. *Seeds globose, c. 1.5 mm in diameter, smooth, grey-brown.