Tree up to 29 m by 36 cm ø. Bark greyish, fairly rough. Branchlets terete sometimes slightly 4-angular. Leaves coriaceous, rigid, opaque, ovate, or broad-ovate, rarely elliptic-oblong, or obovate, (3-)4½-8 by (1½-)2½-4½ cm; apex acute to short acuminate, rarely obtuse; base obtuse, cuneate, or round; nerves 4-6 pairs; petiole 3-7 mm. Panicles solitary. Peduncle very short, sometimes up to 8 mm. Pedicels 3-4 mm. Flowers yellowish green, 6-7 mm ø. Calyx lobes triangular, 1/3-1/2 by 1 mm, short-fimbriate, in bud the lobes patent sometimes slightly inflexed at the apex. Petals triangular 2.5 by 1 2/3 mm, obtuse; appendages very small, inserted almost at the centre. Stamens c. 1.5 mm, inserted almost on the margin of the disk; anthers broad-ellipsoid or-ovoid, 4/5 by 2/3 mm, obtuse and short-apiculate. Disk +-rounded, fleshy, c. 2 mm ø, smooth, sometimes sparsely short-papillose. Pistil emerging c. 1 mm from the disk. Ovules 6 in each cell. Fruits 6-8 cm long. Seeds (incl. wing) 3.5 by 1 cm.
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