Tree or treelet? Branchlets terete, glabrous, shining. Leaves obovate-oblong or obovate, shortly subcuspidate-acuminate, acute or obtuse at the apex, cuneate and +-decurrent into the petiole, subcoriaceous or firmly chartaceous, glabrous, shining and brown or sordid-olivaceous above, rather dull and brown beneath when dry, entire, 12-17 by 5-7 cm; midrib distinctly raised on both faces, nerves 7-8 pairs curved upwards and manifestly joined together, deeply impressed above when dry, sharply prominent beneath, reticulations dense and finely prominent on both faces; petiole rather robust, 1-1.5 cm, narrow-winged nearly to the base, thickened and transversely rugose at the base. Racemes axillary, slender, laxly flowered nearly to the base, 10-15 cm, glabrous in all parts; rhachis striate, subterete, c. 1.2 mm diam. Bracts subulate, very minute. Pedicels slender, mostly in twos, connate at the base, 5-6 mm. Perianth light yellow, nigrescent when dry, 15-16 mm, tube 0.4-0.5 mm diam., limb ellipsoid 1.5 mm diam. Anthers c. 2 mm. Disk glands ovate to nearly rounded, rather fleshy, free, close. Ovary glabrous. Fruit ellipsoid, slightly wider below the middle, apiculate, ± attenuate at the base, 2.5 by 1.8 cm, pericarp 2 mm.
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