Tree 6-30 m. Twigs ± 3-angled or ridged, often blackish, 2.5-4 mm diameter, at first with puberulous hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long, early glabrescent; the bark almost smooth or ± striate, not tending to crack or flake. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong to (ob)lanceolate, 15-35 by (2-)4-9 cm, base rounded to cuneate-attenuate, apex acute(-acuminate), drying (greenish) brown above; lower surface greyish, at first with hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long, early glabrescent; dots absent; midrib flat or raised above; nerves 22-30 pairs, sunken above, light brown beneath; venation faint or distinct; petiole 10-20 by 3-4 mm. Inflorescences: (sub)sessile, brachyblast simple or warted, 2-5(-10) mm diameter, in male and female 1-10-flowered; flowers with pale brown or yellowish brown stellate hairs up to 0.3 mm long, sometimes seemingly glabrous; perianth 3-lobed, red inside. Male flowers: pedicel 8-15 mm long, bracteole ± caducous, about median or lower; buds subglobose, (5-)6-8 mm diameter, cleft c. 3/4, lobes 1.5-2 mm thick; staminal disc subtriangular, flat, 3-5 mm diameter; anthers 18-23, sessile, ± oblique, often hidden under the disc, 0.3-0.4 mm long, not or hardly touching; androphore stout, tapering, 2(-3) mm long, clasped by the thickened fleshy basal part of the perianth. Female flowers: pedicel 3-4 mm long, bracteole about median; buds obovoid, 5-7 mm long, cleft c. 2/3, lobes 1-2 mm thick; ovary ovoid, 1.5-2 mm long, style 1-1.5 mm long, stigma of 2 main lobes and each lobe again 4-6-lobulate. Fruits 1 or 2 per infructescence, ellipsoid, 3-4(-5) by 2-2.5(-4) cm, thinly with mealy greyish or yellowish brown scale-like stellate hairs 0.1 mm long or less, subglabrescent; dry pericarp 4-7 mm thick; fruiting pedicel 7-10 mm long.
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