Tree, (8-)15-35 m by up to 0.9 m; branchlets initially rufous-tomentose, glabrescent, terete, striate. Simple leaves obovate or broadly obovate-oblong, ± rounded or very broadly obtusely attenuate at the apex, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, dark-brown when dry, initially covered on both faces (specially beneath) with crisp rufous hairs, glabrescent, hairiness subpersistent on midrib and nerves beneath, entire, (12-) 15-28 by (6-)7-13 cm; nerves 14-18 pairs at an angle of c. 45°, straight and parallel, inarching near the margin, with shorter and less distinct ones between them; petiole rufous-tomentose initially, glabrescent, (1-)1½-3 by 0.2-1/3 cm. Pinnatiseet leaves with 3 or 4 lobes on each side, c. 55 by 35 cm, lobes 12-18 by 5-8 cm; petiole c. 11 cm by 5-6 mm. Flowers not yet known. Infructescence ramiflorous, 8-15 cm. Rhachis striate, rather densely rufous-pilose, 2-3 mm across. Bracts linear, c. 6 mm, subpersistent. Pedicels c. 8 by 2-3 mm. Fruit broad-elliptic, red when fresh, dark brown when dry, 3.5-4 by c. 2.5 cm, c. 2 cm thick; exocarp leathery, 0.5-1 mm; mesocarp c. 3 mm; endocarp c. 1 mm. Seed not seen.
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