Trees, c. 10 m tall, twigs 8-11 mm diam., glabrous. Leaves grouped towards end of branches; petioles 6-10 cm long, glabrous, swollen at junction with stem; lamina oblong, 30-38 by 11-15 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, decurrent for c. 1.5 cm onto petiole, margins entire and slightly undulate, apex abruptly mucronate, mucro 5-6 mm long, surfaces glabrous; midrib prominulous above, prominent beneath, primary veins 16-19 pairs, brochidodromous, merging 2-3 mm from margin to form intermarginal vein, prominulous on both surfaces, intercostal veins prominulous on both surfaces, more so beneath, conspicuously reticulate on both surfaces. Cataphylls not seen. Inflorescences terminal; rachis (in bud) c. 25 cm long, 6-7 mm thick, glabrous, flaking when dry; bracts broadly ovate, c. 10 by 13 mm, with fine mucronate apex. Calyx closed in bud. Flowers grouped at extreme tip of rachis, sessile; hypanthium conical, c. 5 mm long, glabrous, slightly tetragonous; splitting into 2 sepals, broadly ovate, c. 1 cm long, mucronate; stamens in 4-5 whorls, the inner one staminodal, filaments c. 4 cm long. Fruits unknown.
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