Tree up to 22(–30) m; bole 9 m, diam. 25 cm. Bark smooth, green, greyish-brown or reddish-brown, inner bark yellow, pale brown or pink, wood white; latex white. Twigs densely covered with dark reddish-brown peltate scales which have a fimbriate margin. Leaves 45 cm long and 38 cm wide; petiole 7 cm, the petiole, rachis and petio-lules densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Leaflets (7–)9–13(–15), 5– 18.5 by 1.5–4.5 cm, acuminate at apex, base cuneate, with peltate scales numerous on the midrib below and scattered elsewhere on the lower leaflet surface; veins 6–15 on each side of midrib; petiolules 5–10 mm. Inflorescences in the axils of up to 6 leaves near the shoot apex, c. 13 cm long and 19 cm wide; peduncle up to 1 cm, the peduncles, rachis and branches with numerous to densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Flowers c. 1.5 mm long and 1.5 mm wide; pedicel 0.5–1 mm. Calyx densely covered on the outside with peltate scales which have a fimbriate margin. Petals 5. Sta-minal tube c. 0.8 mm high, thickened below and between the anthers; anthers 5, usually inserted inside the margin and pointing towards the centre of the flower, sometimes en-closed within the tube. Infructescence up to 16 cm long and 8 cm wide, peduncle c. 1 cm, peduncle, rachis and branches densely covered with scales like those on the twigs. Fruits 1.5–3 cm long and 2–3.5 cm wide, subglobose, red when ripe; the pericarp thin and brittle when dry, densely covered with scales like those on the twigs on the outside; locules 2 (or 3), each containing one seed. Seed c. 1.3 cm long, 1.1 cm wide and 0.9 cm thick, completely covered with a white or yellow aril.
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