Tree 6-15 m, 15-35 cm ø. Branchlets initially densely set with yellowish brown to fulvous erect, stellate hairs, later subglabrous, whitish grey to greyish brown, finely fissured or sparsely lenticel-late; terminal buds ovoid-ellipsoid, 3-5 by 2-3 mm, scales narrowly ovate-acute. Stipules narrowly ovate-acute to linear, 5 by 1 mm. Leaves thin-coriaceous, (7½-)13-16(-20) by (3-)5-6(-7) cm (index (2-)2½(-3)), broadest at or above the middle; surfaces concolorous, sparsely stellate pubescent on both sides, dark greyish green; base rounded to subcordate, top abruptly acute to 1 cm acuminate; midrib strongly prominent on both surfaces, densely fulvous stellate hairy; nerves 10-13 pairs, strongly prominent beneath, impressed above, densely fulvous stellate hairy, subparallel, at an angle of 50-60°, arcuating and anastomosing near the margin; reticulation fine, lax, subscalariform, distinct beneath; petiole 2-5 mm, 1½-2 mm ø, terete or adaxially flat. Inflorescence male, androgynous or mixed, densely fulvous stellate hairy; bract and bracteoles narrowly ovate-acute, ½-1½ by ½ mm. Male rachis 20-30 cm, 1-2 mm ø; ♂ flowers solitary, filaments 3-4 mm, anthers 0.3-0.35 mm long, pistillode subglobose, 1 mm Ø. Androgynous or mixed rachis 10-15 cm, 1 mm Ø; female flowers solitary, staminodes well-developed and exceeding the perianth, styles 3, terete, 1½-2 mm, strongly recurved. Ripe cupule ⅓-½ cm stalked, cup-shaped, 5-7 mm long, 13-15 mm Ø; rim thin, entire or denticulate, covering the basal part of the fruit; wall woody, thin, inside densely fulvous-tomentose by simple hairs, outside densely fulvous-tomentose by adpressed, stellate hairs; scales adpressed, distinct but not free, imbricate. Ripe fruit cylindrical, 2½-3 cm long, 1-1½ cm Ø, glabrous, dull chocolate-brown, top rounded-acute, base truncate, scar flat, ⅔-¾ cm Ø; wall woody, 1 mm thick, for the greater part free from the cupule; cotyledons flat-convex.
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