Tree, 9-15 m tall. Branchlets terete. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to ovate-oblong, 11-12.5 by 5-7.5 cm; base cuneate; apex subacute; margins slightly recurved; nerves 6 or 7 pairs, slightly curved towards the margin; petiole c. 1 cm. Panicles up to 12 cm long, distinctly peduncled. Pedicels very short (c. 0.5 mm). Bracts ± triangular, c. 0.5 mm long and wide, acute. Calyx lobes triangular, c. 0.5 mm long and wide, acute. Calyx lobus triangular, c. 0.5 mm long. Petals broad-ovate, 4½ by 3 mm, obtuse. Stamens c. 2.5 mm long; filaments thickened at the base, transparent at the apex; anthers with connective c. 2 mm long, the latter c. 4/5 mm. Free part of the pistil c. 1 mm, broad-ovoid, gradually narrowed into an obscure style; stigma subglobose, obscurely 3-notched at the apex.
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