Tree up to 23 m tall. Leafy twigs 1-2 mm thick, appressed puberulous. Leaves distichous; lamina elliptic, 3-10 by 1.5-3.5 cm, coriaceous to subcoriaceous, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base (sub)cuneate, margin entire; upper surface glabrous; lower surface sparsely appressed puberulous on the main veins, smooth; midrib prominent above, lateral veins 8-12 pairs, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 0.4-0.8 cm long, sparsely puberulous; stipules 0.2-0.4 cm long, puberulous, caducous. Staminate inflorescences unknown. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle 1-2.5 cm long, puberulous, without bracts; head discoid, c. 5 mm diam., in fruit up to c. 10 mm diam.; involucral bracts in 4 or 5 rows, semicircular to narrowly elliptic, 2-8 mm long, densely white appressedly puberulous, the inner ones obtuse; flower one; tepals 4, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, c. 5 mm, in fruit up to 10 mm long, ± conduplicate, appressedly puberulous, in fruit orange to red; style 1.5-2 mm long, stigmas filiform, 1.5-2 mm long. Endocarp body ellipsoid, 7-8 mm long.
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