Tree 15-20 m, with a dense flattened crown; young shoots densely fulvous-tomentose, rather tardily glabrescent; branchlets terete, longitudinally striate, with dilute-brownish cork, densely beset with lenticels. Leaves ovate-oblong, the very young ones sometimes ovate-lanceolate, shortly obtusely acuminate at the apex, nearly rounded at the base or broadly cuneate into the petiole, entire, sub-coriaceous, the adult ones still ± fulvous-pilose beneath specially at the midrib and nerves, respectively the angles of the midrib with the nerves, finally entirely glabrous, brown and dull when dry, not or obscurely pellucid-punctate, 7-12 by 2.5-5 cm; midrib little prominent above, strongly so beneath, nerves 5-6 suberect pairs nearly flat above, prominent beneath, veins manifestly transverse, veinlets densely and finely reticulate on both sides specially beneath. Inflorescence ferrugineous-pubescent. Flowers dull yellowish-or brownish-greenish, disposed in 2-5-flowered fascicles on top of a stoutish short peduncle, not all developed at the same time, thus also solitary flowers occasionally occur on top of the above-mentioned peduncle. Pedicels slender, if well developed 5-7 mm long, surrounded at the base by numerous small bracts. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes 2.5-3 mm, short-hairy in-and outside. Stamens 10; filaments laxly pilose, alternately 1.5 and 1.2 mm. Staminodes 1.2 mm, subrectangular, fleshy, hairy specially at the apex. Ovary ovoid, manifestly attenuate towards the top, rather densely pubescent; stigma thick-capitate. Fruit long-peduncled.
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