Tree 10-20 m tall. Branchlets initially densely fulvous woolly pubescent by stellate hairs, later subglabrous, greyish brown, sparsely lenticellate; terminal buds ovoid-ellipsoid, 5-8 by 2-3 mm, scales narrowly ovate to linear, 3-5 by 1-2 mm. Stipules linear to subulate, 8-11 by 1-1½ mm, rather long persistent. Leaves coriaceous, (10-)12-16(-19) by (3-)4-5(-7) cm (index 2½-3½), broadest at the middle; surfaces discolorous, above pale chocolate-brown, glabrous, dull to glossy, underneath densely yellowish tomentose by ad-pressed stellate hairs; base rounded-acute, top abruptly acute to 1-2 cm acuminate; midrib prominent on both sides, sometimes pinkish coloured; nerves (11-)12-14(-16) pairs, prominent beneath, impressed above, subparallel, at an angle of 45-50°, arcuating but not anastomosing towards the margin; reticulation dense, fine, scalariform, distinct beneath; petiole 6-10 mm, 1-2 mm Ø, adaxi-ally flat. Male rachis 5-10 cm, 1-1½ mm Ø, usually much branched; bracts and bracteoles narrowly ovate-acute to linear, 3-5 by ½-1 mm; ♂ flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-3, filaments 2-3 mm, anthers 0.3 mm long, pistillode subglobose, c. 1 mm ø. Young fruit: staminodes rudimentary, styles 3, conical, 1-1½ mm, connate. Ripe cupule sessile, saucer-shaped, ½-1 cm long, 3½-5 cm Ø; rim thick, covering the basal part of the fruit; wall woody, inside densely fulvous tomentose by simple hairs, outside densely fulvous stellate hairy; scales woody, conical, 2-3 mm long, free, imbricate. Ripe fruit depressed-subglobose, 1-2 cm long, 3⅓-4½ cm Ø, glabrous, dark chocolate-brown, top rounded and depressed-umbonate at the centre, base rotundate, scar flat, 3-4 cm Ø; wall woody, c. 3 mm thick, for the greater part free from the cupule.
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