Tree, 30 m by 60 cm. Branchlets rather slender, up to 1 cm thick, brown tomentose; pith with 2 concentric cylinders of vascular strands. Stipules very caducous, inserted on the petiole 3-5 mm from its base, subulate, c. 6 mm, leaving a prominent scar. Leaves 6-7-jugate. Leaflets lanceolate, slightly oblique, 10-12 by 3-3.5 cm, rather stiff chartaceous, glabrous; base unequally, broadly cuneate; margin entire; apex gradually narrowed into a long and slender (up to 15 by 3-4 mm), acumen acute to bluntish; nerves 20-25 pairs (angle c. 60°), straight, faintly curving towards the margin, abruptly arching very close to the margin. Inflorescences (♂ unknown) axillary, racemose, 10-15 cm long, thinly tomentose, glabrescent. Flowers (♂ unknown) 12 mm long, with a slightly concave receptacle. Calyx 9 mm high. Stamens 4.25 and 5.5 mm long, connate for 1.5 mm; filaments glabrous. Disk annular, 0.5 mm high, up to 1.5 mm fimbriate. Pistil glabrous. Infructescences racemose, 10-20 cm long, with 3-6 fruits; calyx funnel-shaped, 3-lobed, c. 1 cm diam. Fruits spindle-shaped, 3 by 1.25 cm, glabrous; pyrene slightly 5-angular in cross-section, smooth, lids c. 2 mm thick. Seed 1, sterile cells moderately reduced.
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