Tree 6-25 m high by 7-40 cm diam.; twigs often thick, more than 10 mm diam., densely appressedly, sometimes very long-pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves often crowded towards the end of the twigs, densely appressedly pubescent, glabrescent, rarely glabrous beneath, in innovations often also above, mostly narrowly obovate, 33-85 by 13-32 cm; acumen rounded to shortly abruptly acuminate, to 2.5 cm; base cuneate, usually for the lower half to ⅔ of the blade; nerves in 24-more than 50 pairs, intramar-ginal vein present; reticulation prominent on both surfaces. Petiole from only a few millimetres to 5 cm, the flat stipular scar nearly up to the top. Peduncle 2.5-15 cm, diam. 10-20 mm, nodes 5-11, densely appressedly (sometimes very long-)pubescent; bracts densely appressedly pubescent. Outer tepals 3, at least towards the base densely appressedly pubescent, 7-9 cm long; inner tepals 6, glabrous, 6-7 cm long. Stamens c. 20-25 mm, the triangular connective appendage 2-3 mm; carpels from c. 40 to c. 200, densely appressedly pubescent, the stigma glabrous, styles long, persistent in fruit as c. 2 cm long stout spines. Fruit 13-18 by c. 8 cm.
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