Tree (8-) 12-23 m by 20-35 cm; branchlets initially rufous-tomentose in the youngest parts, glabrescent, striate, terete. Simple leaves oblong or oblanceolate ± broadly, shortly (1 1/2-2 cm) acuminate, subacute, cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous except the midrib, which is it persistently pubescent on both faces, (10-)14-22 by (3-)4-7 cm, nerves 12-14(-16) pairs, rather straight below and ± parallel to each other, curved above and manifestly inarching, with some shorter and less distinct ones between them; petiole rufous-tomentose initially, glabrescent, thickened at the base, (1.2-)1.5-2(-3) cm by c. 2 mm. Lobed or pinnatisect leaves not yet known. Racemes solitary or rarely in pairs, axillary or ramiflorous, dense-flowered to nearly their base, (6-)7-12 cm, rufous-tomentose all over. Rhachis in the ♂ inflorescences c. 1.5, in the female inflorescences 2-2.5 mm across. Bracts linear, (6-)8-10 by 0.4-0.8 mm, subpersistent. Bracteoles similar, 4-5 mm. Pedicels rather stoutish, 4-5 mm, mostly in twos, free or connate up to their middle. Perianth yellowish-or greenish-white, scentless, somewhat glabrescent on top, 10-12 mm, tube c. 0.6 mm diam. in the male flowers, c. 1.5 mm diam. in the female ones, limb clavate 2-2½ mm diam. Anthers c. 2 mm. Disk glands small, broadly obovate-truncate, free, slightly distant from each other. Ovary glabrous. Fruit cylindric-ellipsoid, somewhat compressed, brown when dry, rather smooth, c. 4 by 2.5 cm, c. 2 cm thick; exocarp leathery, 1-2 mm; mesocarp 2-3 mm; endocarp hard, woody, 1-2 mm. Seed not seen. Fruit-pedicel 8-10 by 3 mm.
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