Tree, 6-20 m high, 45-60 cm in diam. or less. Ultimate twigs minutely stellate-pubescent, quickly glabrescent. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate oblong or lanceolate, (7-) 10-25 by (2-)3-11 cm, acuminate at the apex, slightly oblique, rounded or obtuse (or sometimes slightly peltate, KING, LC.) at the base, glabrous on either side, firmly chartaceous; midrib prominent above; nerves 7-10 pairs; petioles 12-25 mm, slightly thickened at base and apex, glabrous. Stipules tomentose. Flowerheads c. 15-flowered, 2-2.5 cm in diam.; peduncle 1 cm or less. Calyx puberulous. Petals 8-12 by 1½-2 mm. Filaments glabrous, ⅓-½ mm long; anthers 4/5-1 mm long; horn ½-4/5 mm long, provided with an adaxial tooth. Staminodes slender, laterally flattened, nearly as long as the stamens. Disk lobes free, oblong, small. Free part of ovary grey-hirsute; styles less than 1 mm long. Fruits 10-15 by 8-12 mm; pedicels c. 0.5 cm long, inserted on the thickened apex of the peduncle; endocarp separating from the exocarp. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, tapering much to the apex, white.
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