Shrub or tree to 20 m, bole 36 cm ø dbh, young branches with appressed stiff hairs. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, 8-11.5(-15) by 3.5-5(-6.5) cm, base narrowly or broadly cuneate, apex obtuse, mar-gin entire, becoming glabrous or lower surface with sparse stiff pubescence; petiole 10-18 mm, becoming glabrous or hairs ± persistent. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, pubescent, simple or paniculate cymes, up to c. 70 mm long, the rachis, lateral branches and pedicels slender or stronger with a more compacted inflorescence. Male receptacle obovoid, c. 2 mm long, with a pair of small bracteoles, outside minutely pubescent; tepals 4, minute; stamens 4, sometimes with 2 central staminodes, and with staminodes inside the outer 2 tepals. Female receptacle ± globose, c. 2.5 mm Ø, with bracteoles on the outer surface or on the pedicel, minutely pubescent on outer and inner surfaces; 4 outer tepals, obtuse, with 4 swollen glands within which project among the carpels; carpels c. 13, pubescent, with a blunt stigma. Mature torus swollen and leathery, with 1 to c. 13 short stout stipes, slightly pubescent. Drupes ovoid, 17-24 by 10-12 mm.
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