Trees to 20 m, usually smaller, unbuttressed; the young branches sparsely appressed hirsutulous-strigose, soon glabrous, obscurely lenticellate. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, acute, 6-12 mm long, strigose to glabrous, subpersistent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 6.7-19 by 2.5-5.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, sometimes slightly bullate above, long slender acuminate at apex, the acumen 7-22 mm long, rounded at base; midrib promin-ulous above, prominent beneath; primary veins 10-12 pairs, arcuate, prominulous on both surfaces or sometimes prominent beneath; petioles 2-4 mm long, glabrescent, eglandular, the lower part swollen, usually curved. Inflorescences axillary racemes 3-7 cm long, the rachis densely sericeous-tomentellous; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, 3—7(—13) mm long, persistent, sericeous. Receptacle cylindrical, 8-13 mm long, densely sericeous on exterior, sessile; calyx lobes to 6 mm long, unequal, acute, sericeous on exterior. Petals white, spathulate to ovate, 8-12 mm long, narrowed to base. Stamens 18-20, black to purple, the filaments 10-15 mm long, slightly unilateral with tooth-like staminodes opposite. Style to 15 mm long, glabrous; stigma capitate. Ovary pilose. Fruit ellipsoid, 3-4 by 1.5 cm, slightly tapered to base, crustaceous verrucose on exterior; mesocarp 2-2.5 mm, fibrous, hard, endocarp thin.
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