Deciduous trees, to 25 m tall, ca. 10 cm d.b.h.; branches terete, sturdy, twigs green to light green, 4-angled. Petiole sturdy, 1-1.3 cm; leaf blade thinly leathery or thickly papyraceous, elliptic, 8-14 × 3-6 cm, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenate or serrate, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 8-11 pairs, curving forward, webbing and disappearing before reaching margin. Peduncle 2.5-3 cm, sturdy, 1 or 2 × dichotomously branched, several flowered; pedicel 4-6 mm. Flowers 4-merous (not seen). Capsule subglobose, 4-angled, green when fresh, brown or yellow-brown when dry, ca. 8 × 6-7 mm, slightly apiculate at apex. Seeds ellipsoid, dark brown; aril orange-red. Fl. unknown, fr. Jul-Sep.
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