Tree 12–40 m high. Leaves: petiole 5–8 mm long; lamina elliptic to obovate, 5–13.5 cm long, 2–4.3 cm wide, attenuate to cuneate at base, shallowly serrate to almost entire, acute to acuminate at apex; midrib prominent on both surfaces; veins visible on both surfaces, slightly raised beneath. Flowers white; tepals 4, 5–7 mm long, 2.5–3.5 mm wide. Androecium of 3 whorls; outer whorl of 5 stamens; middle whorl of 3–5 stamen-like staminodes; inner whorl of 3–6 style-like staminodes. Carpels 6–8. Fruiting hypanthium shortly 4-ribbed or ribs sometimes absent. Achenes 3–4.5 mm long, c. 2–3 mm diam.; style plumose, c. 18 mm long.
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