Trees to 20 m tall, evergreen, d.b.h. to 40 cm. Bark grayish brown, bast reddish. Branches densely tomentose when young, glabrescent. Petiole 2-3 mm, pubescent; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-oblong, 6-12 × 2.5-5.6 cm, papery, abaxially villous, adaxially glabrous except for puberulent area along midvein, secondary veins ca. 10 on each side of midvein and slender, reticulate veins conspicuous, base obtuse to rounded, apex shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 1-or 2-flowered. Pedicel 1-2 cm, pubescent, bracteolate. Sepals triangular, ca. 1 × 1 mm. Petals yellowish white; outer petals ca. 11 × 7 mm, outside tomentose, inside glabrescent, apex recurved; inner petals slightly shorter than outer petals. Stamens many; anthers ovoid; connectives apically acute. Carpels 3, tomentose. Monocarps 1 or 2, yellow when ripe, ovoid to ellipsoid, 2-4 × 1.5-2.5 cm, fulvous tomentose. Seeds several per monocarp, grayish brown, orbicular and flat, 1-1.5 cm in diam. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jun-Aug.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is 40 cm across. The bark is greyish brown. The young branches have a grey covering. The leaf blade is narrowly oval and 6-12 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. They are papery. The flowering shoots have 1-2 flowers. They are yellowish white. The fruit are oval and 2-4 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. There are several seeds in each of the 1 or 2 sections of the fruit. They are 1-1.5 cm across and round and flat.
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