Trees, to 16 m tall. Bark thin, rough. Branchlets glabrous, longitudinally striate. Bud scales densely pubescent outside, subglabrous inside. Petiole ca. 1.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 7-12 × 2.5-3 cm, thinly leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib elevated abaxially, concave adaxially, lateral veins slender, 8 or 9 pairs, conspicuous abaxially, slightly conspicuous adaxially, foveolate on both surfaces, base cuneate or attenuate, apex shortly acuminate to acuminate, rarely obtuse. Panicle terminal, 3-4 cm, glabrous. Perianth lobes subequal, 3-4 × 1.2-1.5 mm, glabrous outside, pubescent inside, apex obtuse. Filaments glabrous except base, glands sagittate, long stipitate. Staminode villous below middle. Ovary ovoid; style elongate; stigma inflated. Young fruit globose; perianth lobes usually early deciduous. Fl. Oct.
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