Tree; young branchlets slender, angular, glabrous or nearly so, brownish. Leaves oblong, sub-caudate-acuminate (1-2 cm), cuneate at the base, slightly inequilateral, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrous, olivaceous above and brown beneath when dry, entire, 9-14(-20) by 3-5.5(-7.5) cm; midrib raised above, very prominent beneath, nerves 6(-7) pairs curved-ascending, veins rather densely reticulate and prominent on both sides; petiole slender, thickened at the apex, 1-1.6 cm, dark when dry. Stipules not seen. Flowers always solitary. Pedicels 2-2½(-3) cm, filiform, laxly fulvous-tomentose. ♂ Flowers: sepals oblong, ferrugineous-velvety on both sides, 8-10 by 4 mm. Petals elongate-oblong, purpurascent when dry, glabrous, 11-13 by 3 mm; scales narrow-oblong, pilose at the apex, 6-7 by 1.5 mm; anthers oblong, 3.5 mm; filaments subulate, glabrous, 2.5-3 mm. ♀ Flowers: sepals and petals similar to those of ♂ flowers, but larger viz 5, respectively 5-6 mm wide. Filaments elongate-triangular, 2-2.5 mm. Ovary ovoid, contracted at the apex, fulvous-tomentose. Fruit globose to subglobose, 4-6(-6½) cm diam., fulvous-velvety and provided with minute warts; peduncle 3 cm long, 3-4 mm thick. Seeds c. 12.
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