Tree c. 6 m high, bole c. 10 cm in diam. Twigs densely covered with reddish-brown peltate scales which have a fimbriate margin. Leaves up to 55 cm long and 46 cm wide; petiole up to 22 cm, petiole, rachis and petiolules densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Leaflets 9–11, 6–23 by 2.5–10 cm, acuminate at apex, rounded at the slightly asymmetrical base; veins 8–12 on each side of midrib, with pale orange brown peltate scales which have a fimbriate margin and a dark central spot numerous on the lower leaflet surface, with some darker orange brown scales which have an almost en-tire margin interspersed; petiolules 10–20 mm. Inflorescence c. 38 cm long and 28 cm wide; peduncle 8 cm, peduncle, rachis and petiolules densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Flower c. 2.5 mm long and 2.5 mm wide; pedicel 1–3.5 mm, the pedicel and calyx densely covered with reddish-brown peltate scales which have a fim-briate margin. Petals 5. Staminal tube cup-shaped, 0.6 mm high, 1.6 mm wide; anthers 5, inserted just inside the margin of the tube, pointing towards the centre of the flower and occupying the entire aperture. Infructescence c. 17 cm long and 8 cm wide; pedun-cle c. 5.5 cm, the peduncle, rachis and pedicels densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Fruits (1–)1.2–2 cm long and (1.5–)2 cm wide, subglobose or depressed-globose with 10 deep longitudinal grooves so that the fruit has 10 longitudinal lobes, densely covered with scales like those on the twigs; fruitstalks up to 2.5 cm. Locules 10, each containing 1 small seed.
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