Tree 4 m tall, the young branches puberulous, soon glabrous, lenticellate. Stipules lanceolate, puberulous, c. 5 mm long, persistent. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 15-19 by 7.5-8.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, apex acuminate, the acumen 8-10 mm long, subcuneate at base; primary veins 11-14 pairs, anastomosing 4 mm away from margins, pro-minulous above, prominent beneath; petioles 5-6 mm long, puberulous soon becoming glabrous, slightly canaliculate, eglandular. Inflorescence of terminal and axillary panicles, the rachis and branches puberulous. Bracts and bracteoles 1-2 mm long, puberulous, persistent. Flowers not seen. Fruit sagittate pyriform, c. 3.5 cm long, the upper part triangular, 2-2.5 cm long, the base with a stipe 6-10 mm long; epicarp glabrous, smooth, mesocarp thin, fleshy; endocarp thin, hard, bony, lanate within.
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