Trees 7--15 m tall. Trunk 20--40 cm d.b.h., bark dark gray. Branchlets rust colored tomentose. Petiole 2--3.5 cm, densely rust colored tomentose; leaf blade oblong, obovate-oblong, or elliptic, 12--24 X 4.5--9.5 cm, almost leathery, abaxially densely rust colored tomentose, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate to subrounded, apex abruptly acuminate, lateral veins 16--23 pairs. Flowers aromatic. Pedicel rust colored tomentose. Sepals 2 or 3(or 4), 5--7 X 2--3 mm, outside rust colored tomentose, inside gray tomentose. Corolla white, glabrous, lobes 2--3 mm; appendages 4--5 mm, petal-like. Stamens ca. 2 mm; staminodes ca. 3 mm. Ovary gray tomentose. Fruit with persistent calyx, subglobose, 2.5--3.5 cm, 5-ribbed, rust colored tomentose; stipe ca. 1 cm; 3--5-seeded. Seeds flat, 2--2.3 X 1--1.5 cm, shiny; scar from adaxial side extended to end. Fl. Mar, fr. Feb-Dec.
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A small tree 7-15 m tall. The trunk is 20-40 cm across about 1 m from the ground. The bark is dark grey. The leaf stalk is 2-3.5 cm long. They are rust coloured and hairy. The leaf blade is oblong and 12-24 cm long by 4.5-9.5 cm wide. The flowers have a smell. The fruit have a persistent calyx. The fruit are almost round and 2.5-3.5 cm across. They have 5 ribs. The seeds are flat and shiny and 1.5 by 2.5 cm in size.
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