Large tree. Leaf buds, stipules outside, twigs, petiole and inflorescences densely persistently long tufted rufous tomentose, leaf beneath and midrib above, ovary apex, calyx and petals outside shortly so; fruit calyx and leaves above glabrescent. Twig c. 4-6 mm ø apically, stout. Bud c. 15 by 8 mm, lanceolate; stipule to 15 by 3 cm, lorate-lanceolate, becoming sparsely tufted tomentose after expansion, tinged red. Leaves 17-32 by 8-17 cm, +-elliptic, thinly coriaceous, drying rufous below, dark purplish above; base narrowly obtuse; acumen to 2 cm long, tapering; nerves 14-28 pairs, ascending, stoutly prominent beneath; tertiary nerves dense; midrib prominent beneath, applanate above; petiole 3-5 cm long, c. 3 mm ø. Raceme to 6 cm long, axillary, generally unbranched, bearing to 6 distichous flowers. Flower bud to 3 by 1 cm. Stamens 30, exceeding style at anthesis; filaments slender, 1/4 length of the linear tapering anthers; appendage acicular, c. 1/3 length of anthers; ovary small, ovoid, pubescent; style stoutly columnar, pubescent but for the apical 1/3. Fruit subsessile, pedicel to 2 by 2 mm; calyx tube to 2 cm ø, globose; 2 longer lobes to 18 by 3 cm, lorate, obtuse, c. 6 mm wide at base; 3 shorter lobes to 2 by 1 cm, elliptic.
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