Tree c. 15 m. Twigs 2-angled, becoming subterete with two ridges, 3-5 mm diameter, early glabrescent, hairs c. 0.1 mm long; bark striate, not flaking; lenticels small, inconspicuous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-oblong, 15-29 by 5-9.5 cm, base attenuate, apex acute-acuminate; upper surface drying olivaceous to brown, lower surface early glabrescent; dots absent; midrib slightly raised above; nerves 13-15 pairs, slender, flattish; venation lax, indistinct; petiole 10-15 by 1.5-2.5 mm; leaf bud c. 10 by 1.5 mm, hairs c. 0.1 mm long. Inflorescences among or below the leaves, with sparse hairs c. 0.1 mm or less; in male: 3 or 4 times branched, 5-8 by 4-5 cm, rather many-flowered, peduncle 0.5-1.5 cm long; bracts not seen, caducous; flowers (male) in loose clusters of 2-5 each, perianth 2-lobed, glabrous; pedicel slender, sparsely pubescent, not articulated. Male flowers: pedicel 1-1.5 mm long; buds in lateral view circular to somewhat transversely elliptic, laterally compressed, blackish and collapsing (always?) on drying, 1.5-2 by 2-2.5 mm, cleft 2/3-3/4, lobes c. 0.2 mm thick; androecium much compressed laterally, c. 1.5 by 2 mm, above broadly truncate-rounded (Plate 1: 23); thecae 28-36, distal free parts 0-0.1 mm, column almost completely solid; androphore to 0.1 (-0.2) mm. Female flowers and fruits not seen.
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