Trees ca. 20 m tall. Branches glabrous. Petiole 0.7-1.5 cm; leaf blade obovate, obovate-elliptic, ovate, or elliptic, 5-13 × 3-7 cm, subleathery, abaxially sparsely covered with yellowish brown membranous trichomes when young, grayish to silver-gray with age, base acute to rounded, margin serrate or rarely undulate, apex acute to rounded; midvein adaxially raised; secondary veins 6-9 on each side of midvein, slightly raised. Female inflorescence rachis glabrous. Infructescences 10-15 cm; rachis 2-3 mm thick. Cupule ellipsoid when young but broadly ovoid to subglobose with age, 1.5-2 cm in diam. or slightly larger, splitting into 2 or 3 segments, outside with yellowish brown, waxy scalelike trichomes and adnate pubescence, basally long stalked, wall 0.5-1 mm thick; bracts spinelike, 3-6 mm, free or connate at base and transversely united to 3-5 circular or spiral rings, covered with yellowish brown waxy scalelike trichomes and adnate pubescence. Nut broadly ovoid, 1.3-1.4 cm in diam.; scar basal, 6-8 mm in diam. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Sep-Nov of following year.
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A tree. It grows about 20 m tall. The branches are smooth. The leaf stalk is about 07.-1.5 cm long. The leaf blade is oval or oblong and 5-13 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. The base is rounded. The edges have teeth and can be wavy. There are 6-9 side veins on each side of the main vein. The female flowering stalk is 10-15 cm long. The cup is oval to round. It is 1.5-2 cm across. It splits into 2 or 3 segments. There are yellowish-brown waxy scale like processes on the outside. The nut is oval. It is 1.3-1.4 cm across.
Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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