Tree c. 20 m; branchlets glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-elliptic, gradually attenuate at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, sometimes very inequilateral, olivaceous-brownish when dry, coriaceous or nearly so, laxly pellucid-punctate and-striate, glabrous, rather shining on both surfaces, entire or slightly crenate, midrib somewhat prominent above, strongly so beneath, nerves strongly curved and ± parallel to each other, veins transverse, finely but distinctly prominent on both faces as are the reticulations; petiole glabrous, 1.5-2 cm. Flowers dilutely greenish (not seen), apparently in rather many-flowered fascicles in the axils of longer persistent leaves. Pedicels glabrous, up to 9 mm. Calyx glabrous, 4 mm, deeply 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, 2 mm wide. Stamens (9-) 10, equal; filaments 2 mm, shortly hairy towards the base; anthers 1 mm. Staminodes barbate, 2 mm. Ovary attenuate-ovate, appressed-pilose, 2 mm. Fruit woody, 4-6 by 2.5-3 cm, sulcate, with 6 ribs; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Seeds numerous.
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