Tree 3–15 m.; branchlets slightly wrinkled and nodes rough with old petiole-bases.. Leaves opposite; blades usually drying olive-brown above, reddish brown beneath, elliptic, (12–)19–25 cm. long, (4.5–)7–16.5 cm. wide, rounded or obscurely subacute at the apex, cuneate at the base, slightly shining above, the margins slightly crinkly, coriaceous; lateral nerves 24–35 pairs, with many additional less pronounced intermediate ones; petiole: 1–2 cm. long.. Flowers l–2(or ? more) at leafless nodes; pedicels 1.8–3.1 cm. long; 3 outer sepals round to elliptic, 6–7 mm. long, 4–6.5 mm. wide; 2 inner sepals round, 1.1 cm. long, 1 cm. wide; petals pale yellow, obovate with thin edges, 1.2–1.6 cm. long, 0.9–1.3 cm. wide.. Male flowers: stamens very numerous, free on an elevated annulus 7–8 mm. in diameter; filaments 5–6 mm. long; anthers 0.8 mm. long.. Hermaphrodite flowers: stamens numerous; filaments 4 mm. long; ovary resting on a very short thick gynophore slightly narrower than the ovary, 3 mm. tall, rugose and pitted; ovary conic, 6 mm. long, the base ± crenulate, 3-locular; stigma peltate, roundedly 3-lobed, 4 mm. wide.. Fruit subglobose, 5 cm. long, 4 cm. across, roughly warted.. Seeds 3, ellipsoid, 3.5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide.. Fig. 6.
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A tree. It grows 20 m tall. The trunk is straight. They bark is grey to brown. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaf stalk is 1-2 cm long. The leaf blade is 19-25 cm long by 7-17 cm wide. It is oval and wedge shaped at the base and tapers to the tip. The flowers are pale yellow. They are along the branches. The fruit is flattened and 5 cm long by 4 cm wide. It is lumpy.
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