Tree up to 20 m tall, of intermittent growth, with terminal (and lateral?) buds, deciduous (?). Leafy twigs (2-)4-6 mm thick, densely brownish minutely puberulous and longer uncinate hairs, smooth, drying dark brown. Leaves distichous; lamina (sub)-coriaceous, entire, elliptic, 9-33 by 5-14.5 cm, apex (sub)acuminate, base obtuse to rounded, margin entire, ± revolute; upper surface brownish puberulous on the main veins or only on the midrib, smooth; lower surface ± densely to sparsely brownish to whitish puberulous to hirtellous on the veins or to minutely puberulous on the smaller veins, smooth (to scabridulous); midrib, lateral and tertiary veins mostly ± impressed, lateral veins (5-)8-15 pairs, not forked away from the margin, tertiary venation scalariform, prominent, the smaller veins also prominent; petiole 0.3-0.8 mm long, 3-4 mm thick, brownish puberulous, the epidermis flaking off; stipules lateral, 0.3-0.5(-1) cm long, brownish puberulous, caducous (or subpersistent). Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle 1-3 cm long, minutely brown puberulous and with numerous longer brownish uncinate hairs; head subglobose, c. 6 mm diam.; perianth with 3 free tepals, c. 0.4 mm long; stamen c. 0.8 mm long, anther 0.1-0.2 mm long; interfloral bracts peltate, the apical part c. 0.3 mm diam., puberulous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary, solitary; peduncle 2-6 cm long, minutely brown puberulous and with numerous longer brownish uncinate hairs; head subglobose to ellipsoid; perianth puberulous; stigma simple; interfloral bracts peltate, persistent, the apical part 0.2-0.3 mm diameter. Infructescences (immature) c. 2 cm diam., densely brown puberulous (velutinous); fruit not seen.
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