Large tree. Leaves subcoriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, 7-10 by 2½-3 cm; base attenuate; apex acuminate; nerves 10-14 pairs, rather faint on both surfaces; veins obscure on both surfaces; petiole ¾-2¾ cm, convex beneath, concave above. Panicles terminal and also in the apical leaf axils, up to 15 cm long, glabrous, crowded at the apex of twigs and seemingly fasciculate; lateral branches up to 2 cm long; pedicels ½-1 mm. Calyx 4-(rarely 5-)lobed, lobes ovate or broadly ovate, sometimes triangular, 1½-2 mm long. Petals 4 (rarely 5), ovate-oblong, 3½-4 by 1¼-1½ mm; ridges 5(-7), c. ½ the length of petals, confluent at the lower half. Disk short-cupular, ⅔ mm high, 1-1½ mm wide. Stamens 4 (rarely 5), 1 fertile, 1½-2½ mm; filaments free; anthers ovoid, ⅔ mm long; staminodes very small. Ovary subglobose, 1½ mm Ø; style excentric, 2 mm. Sterile pistil in ♂ c. ⅓ mm. Drupe unknown.
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