Tree 12-20 m, 20-30 cm ø. Branchlets initially densely fulvous to rufous tomentose by woolly stellate hairs, later glabrous, greyish brown, sparsely lenticellate; terminal buds ovoid-globose, 2-4 by 1-2 mm, scales broadly ovate. Leaves coriaceous, 7-13 by 4-7 cm (index 1.7-2½), broadest at the middle; surfaces more or less concolorous, glabrous, dark greyish green, above glossy, beneath dull; base rounded-acute, top abruptly acute; midrib thin, prominent on both sides; nerves (4-)6-7(-8) pairs, prominent beneath, flat above, subparallel, at an angle of c. 45°, arcuating but usually not anastomosing towards the margin; reticulation fine, subscalariform to irregular, rather distinct beneath; petiole 4-8 mm, 1½-2 mm, glabrous, adaxially flat. Inflorescence male or androgynous, densely fulvous stellate hairy; bracts and bracteoles ovate-acute, ⅔-2 by ⅔-1 mm. Male rachis 10-20 cm, 2 mm ø; ♂ flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-3, stamens 8-12, filaments 2½-4 mm, anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, pistillode subglobose, 1-1½ mm ø. Androgynous rachis 5-15 cm, 1½-2 mm ø; female flowers solitary, staminodes well-developed and exceeding the perianth, styles 3, terete, 2½-3½ mm, recurved. Ripe cupule sessile, cup-shaped, 2 cm long, 2½ cm ø; rim thin, covering ½-⅔ part of the fruit; wall woody, thin, inside and outside densely fulvous-tomentose; scales subulate, 4-5 mm long, free, recurved, spirally set. Ripe fruit ovoid, 2½ cm long, 2 cm ø, densely fulvous-tomentose by adpressed simple hairs, top rounded-acute, base truncate, scar flat, 1½ cm ø; wall woody, 1-2 mm thick, for the greater part free from the cupule.
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