Tree to 9 m high, sometimes taller (to 20 m), tomentose to glabrescent. Leaves: lamina lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, rarely obovate, often asymmetric, 3.5–20 cm long, 1–9 cm wide, cordate to cuneate base, entire margin, obtuse to acute-acuminate to apex, chartaceous, with 5–10 pairs of veins; petiole 3–20 mm long. Inflorescence 1–4-branched, 2–30-flowered, pedunculate. Calyx hairy like vegetative parts, campanulate, toothed, to 3.5 mm long. Petals 4–8, linear, dilated and cohering at base, to c. 15 mm long, hairy, creamy white to pale yellow. Stamens about as long as petals. Style to 8 mm long, hairy or glabrous; stigmas 2 or 3; ovary subcylindrical, 1-locular. Drupe ellipsoidal or globose to oblong, 1–3 cm long, 0.5–1.5 cm wide, glabrous or hairy.
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