Tree 12-14 m; bark grey-brown, fissured vertically; branchlets terete, the tips rusty-tomentose. Leaves obovate-oblong, ± rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, but not decurrent on the petiole, subcoriaceous to firmly chartaceous, glabrous above except the midrib, ± dark rufous-tomentose beneath specially on the midrib and the nerves, dark olivaceous above when dry, (13-) 18-28 by 6-9(-10½) cm, midrib thick and prominent underneath, a little raised above, nerves 14-24 pairs, veins and reticulate veinlets clearly discernible in dried specimens, all slightly prominent above, more manifestly so beneath; petiole tomentose, (1.5-2)-3 cm by c. 2-3 mm. Racemes mostly ramiflorous, very densely flowered, 24-30 cm incl. a 2-3 cm long peduncle, all over rufous-tomentose. Pedicels mostly in pairs, slender, 4-5 mm. Flowers golden-yellow tipped brownish-orange when fresh. Perianth segments 7-8 mm long, glabrous inside. Disk very prominent, horseshoe-shaped or almost annular, nearly glabrous. Ovary densely rather long rufous-hairy, on top of a glabrescent 3 mm long stipe. Style glabrous, grooved, gradually thickened towards the top, said to be bright yellow-green when fresh; stigma obtusely pyramidal, deep green alive. Fruit ovoid-compressed when nearly ripe, green, +-3 by 2.5-3 cm, c. 2 cm thick, on a stout stipe 3 by 2 mm; pedicel 8-10 by 2.5 mm.
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A tree. It grows 12 m tall. The small branches have rusty hairs. The leaves are narrowly oval and the tip is rounded. The base is wedge shaped. There is a distinct vein around the edges of the leaves. The leaves are 13-28 cm long by 6-9 cm wide. The flowers are on the older wood below the leaves. They are on stalks 24-30 cm long with many flowers. The flowers have a rusty colour and are golden yellow at the tips. Probably now Finschia rufa
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