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A shrub or small tree up to 13 m tall, glabrous or subglabrous with a dense crown and regular branching. Trunk irregularly fluted below. Bark thin, scaly, brown. Branches long. Twigs greenish at first, later becoming greyish. Petioles 1-5 cm long. Leaf blades 3.5-18 x 1.5-8 cm, elliptic to elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse to acutely acuminate at the apex, cuneate or rounded-cuneate at the base, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves in 9-12 pairs, slightly prominent, tertiary nerves reticulate. Stipules 5 mm long, oblong, subacute. Male inflorescences up to 10 cm long, and up to c. 10-flowered; bracts 4-6 x 2-4 mm; bracteoles 1.5 mm long. Male flowers fragrant; pedicels 1-2.5 cm long; buds subglobose; calyx lobes 3.5-6 x 1-4 mm, lanceolate to broadly ovate, acute or subacute; petals 7-9 x 4-5 mm, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, cream-coloured, bright lemon-yellow or greenish-yellow; disk glands 1 mm across, transversely ovate to reniform; receptacle 4 mm high; stamens 5-6 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm long. Female inflorescences up to 5 cm long, and up to 6-flowered; bracts and bracteoles ± as in the male inflorescence. Female flowers aromatic; pedicels 1-1.7 cm long, extending slightly in fruit; buds conical; sepals 6-8 x 3-4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, subacute; petals 10 x 3-4 mm, elliptic-oblong, otherwise as in the male flowers; disk 4 mm in diameter; ovary 2-3 x 3-4 mm, 3-5-lobed; styles 3-5 mm long. Fruit 1.2-1.5 x 2.3-3 cm. Columella 1.3 cm long. Seeds 10 x 8-9 mm, ovoid-subglobose, smooth, light brown, streaked and mottled darker brown.
Male flowers fragrant; pedicels 1–2.5 cm long; buds subglobose; calyx lobes 3.5–6 × 1–4 mm, lanceolate to broadly ovate, acute or subacute; petals 7–9 × 4–5 mm, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, cream-coloured, bright lemon-yellow or greenish-yellow; disk glands 1 mm across, transversely ovate to reniform; receptacle 4 mm high; stamens 5–6 mm long, anthers 0.5 mm long.
Female flowers aromatic; pedicels 1–1.7 cm long, extending slightly in fruit; buds conical; sepals 6–8 × 3–4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, subacute; petals 10 × 3–4 mm, elliptic-oblong, otherwise as in the male flowers; disk 4 mm in diameter; ovary 2–3 × 3–4 mm, 3–5-lobed; styles 3–5 mm long.
Leaf blades 3.5–18 × 1.5–8 cm, elliptic to elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse to acutely acuminate at the apex, cuneate or rounded-cuneate at the base, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves in 9–12 pairs, slightly prominent, tertiary nerves reticulate.
Female inflorescences up to 5 cm long, and up to 6-flowered; bracts and bracteoles ± as in the male inflorescence.
Male inflorescences up to 10 cm long, and up to c. 10-flowered; bracts 4–6 × 2–4 mm; bracteoles 1.5 mm long.
A shrub or small tree up to 13 m tall, glabrous or subglabrous with a dense crown and regular branching.
Seeds 10 × 8–9 mm, ovoid-subglobose, smooth, light brown, streaked and mottled darker brown.
Fruit 1.2–1.5 × 2.3–3 cm. Columella 1.3 cm long.
Twigs greenish at first, later becoming greyish.
Stipules 5 mm long, oblong, subacute.
Trunk irregularly fluted below.
Bark thin, scaly, brown.
Petioles 1–5 cm long.
Branches long.
