Trees to 20 m tall, unbuttressed, the young branch-lets glabrescent, obscurely lenticellate. Stipules lanceolate, acute, to 7 mm long, glabrous, stiff, subpersistent. Leaves thinly subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong lanceolate, 3.7-13 by 2-5.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, acuminate at apex, the acumen 3-10 mm, cuneate at base; midrib flattened prominulous above, prominent beneath; primary veins 10-13 pairs, arcuate, prominulous on both surfaces; petioles 3-5 mm long, eglandular, glabrescent, smooth, not swollen or curved. Inflorescences axillary racemes 3-7 cm long, the rachis densely appressed pilose; bracts and bracteoles sericeous to 10 mm long, persistent. Receptacle cylindrical, 5-7 mm long, sericeous pubescent on exterior; calyx lobes acute, 4-5 mm long, slightly unequal. Stamens c. 20, the filaments to 8 mm long with tooth-like staminodes opposite. Style to 10 mm long, stigma capitate. Ovary pilose. Fruit (immature) ellipsoid, epicarp crustaceous, verrucose.
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