Tree 15-35 m, 40-50 cm ø; bark fissured, whitish grey. Branchlets glabrous, whitish grey, smooth to superficially fissured; terminal buds ovoid-ellipsoid, 4-5 by 2-3 mm, scales linear-acute. Stipules linear-acute, 5-7 by 1-2 mm. Leaves thick-coriaceous, (8-) 12-15 (-20) by (4-)5-8(-9) cm (index 2-2.5), broadest at or above the middle; surfaces more or less concolorous, above glabrous, glossy, underneath densely whitish grey tomentose by adpressed stellate hairs, subgla-brescent; base rounded-acute, margin recurved, top acute to bluntly 1 cm acuminate; midrib prominent on both surfaces; nerves 11-14 pairs, subparallel, at an angle of 45-60°, arcuating and anastomosing near the margin; reticulation fine, irregular to areolate, obscure; petiole ½-1½ cm, 2-3 mm ø, adaxially flat. Inflorescence male or female, densely stellate hairy; bracts and bracteoles linear acute, 2-4 by ½ mm. Male rachis 10-15 cm, 1-2 mm ø; ♂ flowers in clusters of 3-4, rarely solitary, filaments 3-4 mm, anthers 0.3 mm long, pistillode subglobose, c. 1 mm ø. Female rachis c. 10 cm, 2-3 mm ø; ♀ flowers solitary, rarely in clusters of 2-3, staminodes rudimentary, styles 3, conical, 1-1½ mm. Ripe cupule ½-1½ cm stalked, saucer-shaped, ½-1 cm long, 3-4 cm ø; wall woody, covering c. ¼ part of the fruit, outside with 5-7 strongly prominent lamellae. Ripe fruit depressed ovoid-globose, 1½-2 cm long, 3-4 cm ø, chocolate-brown, glabrous, glossy, top de-pressed-umbonate, base rounded, scar flat-convex; wall woody, 2-5 mm thick, for the greater part free from the cupule.
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