Tree up to 25 m tall, evergreen. Leafy twigs 3-7 mm thick, ± densely brown strigillose to hispidulous (or also hirtellous to subhirsute), often scabridulous, drying brown; lenticels scattered. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina coriaceous, entire, elliptic to subobovate, (4-)10-20(-30) by (2-)5-9(-18) cm, apex short-acuminate, base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire; upper surface sparsely brownish strigillose to subhirtellous on the midrib (and lateral veins), smooth; lower surface brownish strigose to strigillose to puberulous to hispidulous, or on the veins, ± scabrous; lateral veins (6-)7-10 pairs, none branched or forked away from the margin, tertiary venation subscalariform to reticulate, slightly prominent; petiole 1-2 cm long, 2-2.5 mm thick, brown strigillose (or also hirtellous to subhirsute), the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.5-1 cm, brown strigillose or sometimes hirtellous, caducous. Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle 3-3.5 cm long, brown (to whitish) appressedly puberulous; head subglobose to ellipsoid, 1.5-2 by 1-1.5 cm; perianth tubular c. 1 mm long, the apex (deeply) 2-(or 3-)lobed, minutely puberulous; stamen c. 1.5 mm long, anther c. 0.2 mm long; interfloral bracts peltate, the apical part 0.3-0.4 mm diam., radially appressedly puberulous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle 1-4 cm long, densely brown appressedly puberulous; head subglobose to ellipsoid; perianth tubular, brown puberulous, the apex ± convex, the aperture surrounded by a rim; stigma simple; interfloral bracts peltate, the apical part 0.3-0.4 mm diam., radially appressedly puberulous. Infructescences subglobose, 3-4 cm diam., sometimes ± lobed, covered with c. 3 mm long, cylindrical apices of the perianths; fruits ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm long.
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