Tree to 25 m; young branchlets appressed-pubescent. Leaves rigidly chartaceous or coriaceous, glabrous except midvein and domatia, densely pellucid-punctate and striate, elliptic-obovate or ovate to oblong, acuminate to obtuse; lamina 6–9 cm long, 4–5 cm wide, entire, base decurrent or broadly cuneate; secondary veins 4–7 pairs; domatia in axils of secondary veins usually with tufts of hairs 0.4–0.6 mm long; petiole pubescent, 6–13 mm long; stipules broadly deltoid, c. 1 mm long, appressed-pubescent, subpersistent. Fascicles few-to many-flowered; bracts pubescent outside, glabrous inside, 0.8 mm long; pedicels appressed-pubescent, 1–1.5 mm long. Calyx appressed-pubescent; lobes broadly ovate, concave, 2–2.5 mm long. Stamens 10; filaments pubescent towards base, alternately 1 and 1.3 mm long; staminodes villous, 0.6 mm long. Ovary ovoid, mostly glabrous, pilose towards apex; style 0.3 mm long; stigma subglobose. Capsule ovoid, dehiscent, 3-valved, greenish-yellow. Seeds c. 12 or fewer, obovoid, angular; aril membranous, red, enveloping each seed; testa yellow-brown.
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