Monopodial tree with elongate, cylindric crown, not buttressed, up to 20 m. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-or ovate-oblong, rarely broad-ovate, 9.5-14 by 5½-7 cm; base obtuse; apex acute or obtuse; margins cartilaginous, recurved, entire; nerves 5-8 pairs; veins and veinlets reticulate, visible on both surfaces rarely obscure beneath; petiole 1½ cm. Panicles hanging, up to 15 cm long. Peduncles up to 8 cm. Bracteoles 3-5 at the base of the flower, semi-orbicular, or ± reniform,0.5-¾ mm long. Flowers (rather young) sessile, not fragrant. Calyx almost divided to the base, lobes semi-orbicular or reniform, 1-2 by 2-3 mm, slightly erose, the outer two slightly smaller. Petals dull yellow, broad-ovate to suborbicular, 2.5-3 by 2.5 mm; filaments c. 1 mm; anthers broad-ovoid, including connective c. 1.75 by 1 mm, the connective 1/4-1/2 times as long as the anther. Crenulate disk and ovary orange-red. Pistil c. 1.5 mm long, conical; style obscure; stigma cylindric c. 2/3 mm, obtuse. Ovules 14-16 in each cell.
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