Tree 15-30 m high and 20-30 cm ø. Leaves obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, 26-64 by 8-16 cm, hairy on both surfaces, especially on the midrib and nerves, glabrescent; base attenuate; apex obtuse or rounded, rarely apiculate; nerves 19-27 pairs, veins reticulate-scalariform; petiole 0 or very short (c. 5 mm). Panicles 14-30 cm long, densely hairy, sometimes glabrescent; bracts ovate-oblong to lanceolate, l-1½ nim long, hairy outside. Flowers white, sessile, articulated at the base. Calyx persistent, lobes broad-ovate or subrotund, ⅔-1¼ mm long, sparsely hairy outside. Petals elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 2¾-3¼ by 1½ nim. Stamens 2½-3 mm; filaments 1½-2¼ mm, contracted and apically whitish; anthers ⅔-l mm, sagittate, lower ¼-⅓ sterile. Disk 2f5 mm long. Carpels 1½ mm long. Drupe red when ripe, sublentiform, 8-11 mm ø.
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